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Object NameFragment of Plaque or Inlay
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1250 BCE
Place Madepossibly Greece, Peloponnese; possibly Greece, Crete
Techniquemold-pressed
SizeOverall H: 3.1 cm, W: 2.4 cm
Accession Number76.1.10
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue glass, bubbly with patches of thick white iridescent weathering crust; mold-pressed. Rectangular plaque or inlay retains a large hemispherical convex center surrounded by relief dots from which eight rounded petals are symmetrically arranged, each petal is formed in two concave and concentric tongue-like elements.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)