Gold Glass Tile
Gold Glass Tile
Period
Byzantine Empire
(Byzantine, 395 CE-1453 CE)
Place of Originprobably Syria, Byzantine Empire
Date9th-12th century
Dimensions3 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 1/4 in. (8.6 × 8.9 × 0.6 cm)
Mediumglass wit gold leaf
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1959.127B
Not on View
DescriptionVery thick (0.71 cm) lower layer with pinprick bubbles; very thin (0.03 cm) upper layer.
Cruciform design.
Natural green tinted lower layer; decolorized upper layer with a slightly grayish-yellow tinge.
Gold leaf applied to lower layer and sandwiched between layers of glass. All edges chipped roughly to shape. Reddish brown rough backing.
Flat, square.
Same as 59.1027A.
Published ReferencesPhilippe, Joseph, Le monde byzantin dans l'histoire de la verrerie, Bologna, 1970, p. 54.
about 9th-12th century
about 9th-12th century
19th or 20th century
Mid- to late 4th century CE
about 1740
Probably 17th century
Perhaps 2nd century
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