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Object NameWing Inlay Fragment

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall H: 1.6 cm, W: 2.6 cm, Th: 7 mm

Accession Number51.1.228

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

probably Egypt

Physical DescriptionWing Inlay Fragment. Canes of opaque deep blue, opaque yellow, opaque white, opaque red and opaque light green backed with translucent light green glass, bubbly, pitted, dull edges, surface reground recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Inlay preserves alternating bands of wide blue and narrow yellow glass tapering from left to right in an upward sweep from which horizontal bands of alternating white and red, the red elements being cased with light green which continues on as far as preserved.
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