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Object NameFragment with Signs of the Zodiac
Made FromGlass
Date200-399
Techniqueblown, wheel-cut
SizeOverall Diam: 6 cm, Th: 0.2 cm
Accession Number59.1.132
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Ancient Roman Glass
Place Made
Roman Empire
Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass with very pale green tint; blown, wheel-cut. Fragment from floor of vessel with unpolished wheel-cut decoration; parts of eleven elements: (A) unidentified; (B) perhaps snake moving to left; (C) above snake, feline with vertical stripes on head and body, moving toward left but with head turned to right; (D) above feline, bird facing left; (E) above bird, horizontal row of three contiguous oval motifs; (F) to left of tiger, possibly ram; (G and H) to right of ram's head, two birds facing right; (I) to right of birds, possibly bull; (J) between bull's front hoofs, cornucopia-like object; (K) crab.
Provenance
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