fragment
Object NameFragment of a Composite Molding Strip
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Egypt; possibly Italy
Techniquemosaic glass
SizeOverall H: 4.1 cm
Accession Number59.1.563 D
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment of a composite molding strip. [59.1.563 D and 76.1.56-k are joined] Translucent medium to deep blue glass with strips or trails of opaque white, heavily weathered with thin iridescent film flaking off; mosaic glass technique. Narrow rectangular strip roughly trapezoidal in cross section, composed of three equal elements, two blue canes on either side of the central opaque white cane, on the smaller of the trapezoidal surfaces is fused a long narrow band which appears to be folded over and has multiple parallel trails of opaque white, the surface between this band and the base has been overlaid with white which runs down one side of the trapezoid.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1948-07-1959-07-27
Purchased from Albert Eio & Cie (?), Khan el-Khalili, Cairo
Purchased from Albert Eio & Cie (?), Khan el-Khalili, Cairo
Former Collection
Albert Eio & Cie
- 1948-07
