plaque

Object NameMosaic Plaque

Made FromGlass

Date1940-1949

TechniqueProbably fused, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 7.1 cm, W: 7.9 cm, Th: 0.7 cm

Accession Number74.1.42

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Exhibitions

Fakes and Forgeries Exhibition

Place Made

possibly Egypt; possibly Eastern Europe

Physical DescriptionOpaque multi-colored glass frit, dull and pitted; probably fused, then ground and polished. On a sky blue ground, a black Anubis with red collar and multi-color flail reclines on a greenish yellow pylon, a stylized black uzat eye motif appears on both sides of the brown door frame with a deep blue opening, a multicolor frieze of square elements elaborate the roof, the pylon is outlined in brown a frame of green, black and red elements surround the scene, a second frame of multicolor vertical, horizontal and cross patterns is surrounded by a third thin grey band.
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