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Object NameFragment

Made FromGlass, Gold Foil

Date1-50

Techniquecast (mosaic glass technique), lathe-cut, polished

SizeOverall H: 2.8 cm, W: 4.8 cm

Accession Number66.1.104

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; probably Italy

Physical DescriptionCanes of various colors including colorless laminating gold foil; cast (mosaic glass technique); lathe-cut and polished. Cylindrical box; wall tapers and curves in at bottom, with two lathe-cut grooves at junction with base. Decorated with canes of various colors arranged in sections. Surviving section has, from center outwards, translucent amber cased with opaque white; translucent green laminating opaque white and cased with opaque white; translucent amethyst cased with opaque white; colorless laminating gold foil; (composite band of translucent amber flanked with translucent blue and translucent amethyst, all cased with opaque white; colorless laminating gold foil; translucent amethyst cased with opaque white; translucent green cased with opaque white; translucent amber cased with opaque white; translucent green cased with opaque white.
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