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Object NameTorso Fragment

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall W: 4.4 cm, D: 2.6 cm

Accession Number59.1.428

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; probably Egypt

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque red, turquoise, translucent medium blue and translucent amethyst, pitted, dull surface, broken on both ends; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment preserves central torso of a figure facing left. Retains traces of gilding on left-hand side, the abdomen decorated with horizontal rows of checkerboard squares beginning with turquoise, red, blue, turquoise, red, all in a yellow matrix; the pelvic region has white scales with amethyst central dots each cased with amethyst below which a diagonal yellow line forms the border for a series of blue-tipped red feathers in a white ground, below which is a series of red-tipped turquoise feathers in a yellow ground as far as preserved. The backing material of the inlay appears to be various multicolored canes.
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