fragment
Object NameFragment of Bar in Feather Pattern
Made FromGlass
Date75 BCE-25 CE
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueFused
SizeOverall H: 2.9 cm, L: 3.7 cm, W: 1.4 cm
Accession Number68.1.37
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionFragment of Bar in Feather Pattern. Canes of opaque red, opaque white, opaque yellow with deep translucent amethyst glass, bubbly with patches of light brown weathering crust over surface; fused. Fragment preserves long bar, roughly rectangular in cross section with one end repolished revealing a design of two rows of four feathers, one on top of the other in red, the lower portion outlined in yellow, the upper part outlined in white, all in an amethyst matrix.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1968-03-20
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
1880-1950
about 450-650
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