fragment

Object NameFragment of Bar or Strip in Scepter Pattern

Made FromGlass

Date75 BCE-25 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Egypt

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall H: 2.4 cm, L: 0.3 cm, W: 0.5 cm

Accession Number68.1.38

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque red, opaque yellow and opaque deep blue glass, bubbly and pitted, thin weathering product on sides; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment preserves long section of a cane roughly a narrow rectangle in cross section with a yellow peasant's crook or stylized scepter, the straight shaft runs up the right side of the bar and the thickened head bends to the left, the upper fourth of the background is deep blue while the lower three-quarters is brick-red.
Provenance

Source Sergio Sangiorgi (Italian) - 1968-03-20

Former Collection Giorgio Sangiorgi (Italian, 1886-1965)