fragment
Object NameFragment of Floral Plaque
Made FromGlass
Date99-1 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueMosaic glass or millefiori technique
Accession Number51.1.134
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Ohio University, Athens)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment of Floral Plaque. Translucent greyish medium blue glass matrix backed with turbid yellow-green with red glass lines, canes of translucent green, translucent yellow-green, opaque yellow, opaque red and opaque white; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment is broken on all sides and retains a stylized rosette, the center being a yellow cross with a split rounded end cased in white and red, below a small star-like flower with red dots and a yellow center and six pointed leaves; above the stylized rosette are two circular fruits or elements, white centers cased with yellow and yellow-green respectively, one with traces of red in the center, next to these four smaller elements is a larger floral unit which appears to imitate the split leaf format of the smaller stylized rosette, however the petals are separated by a lozenge-shaped green leaf cased with yellow-green and the petals are tipped with red but have a turbid white as well as a bright white area on the surface.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek)
