fragment
Object NameFragment of a Floral Plaque
Made FromGlass
Datepossibly 99-75 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueFused Mosaic Glass Caned, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished
SizeOverall H: 4.2 cm, W: 2.6 cm
Accession Number51.1.232 N
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Panel Show II
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment of a Floral Plaque. Translucent greyish medium blue matrix with assorted canes of opaque red, opaque yellow, opaque white, translucent green, translucent yellow-green and translucent pale amethyst glass; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Irregular fragment preserves one rounded and finished edge, backed with rectangles of turbid green, yellow-green and yellow glass, design relates to 51.1.232 H and J, namely large yellow, white and red heart-shaped flowers alternating with green and yellow leaves, a portion of a small white petaled flower preserved below.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek)
