fragment

Object NameFragment of Inlay Bar

Made FromGlass

Date99 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeEgypt, possibly Dandarah

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique, cut, repolished

SizeOverall H: 0.9 cm, W: 3.8 cm, L: 2.2 cm

Accession Number76.1.58

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque blue, opaque red, opaque yellow, opaque white and amethyst appearing black glass, pitted and dull; mosaic glass of millefiori technique, cut and repolished recently. Cross section of long rectangular inlay with blue matrix, three vertical red stripes, a sort of triglyph motif, each encased in a thin white band alternate with the double cartouche "The Great House," a phrase which indicates the Pharaoh, the cartouche is repeated three times, there are four sets of "triglyphs."
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)