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Object NameFragment of Star-Patterned Bar
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique, polished
SizeOverall L: 4 cm, W: 2.5 cm, Th: 0.7 cm
Accession Number68.1.35
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
Roman Empire; probably Rome; possibly Egypt
Physical DescriptionFive-pointed star canes with opaque yellow centers cased with deep blue rays of opaque white in a translucent deep blue matrix, bubbly, thin brown iridescent film, one surface repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment preserves two and one-half canes of single star motif joined together to form a long roughly rectangular bar.
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