Gold-Glass Wall Tile with Cross

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Gold-Glass Wall Tile with Cross

Place of OriginLikely Syria, reportedly found near Aleppo

Dateabout 9th-12th century

DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)

MediumGold leaf between two layers of glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1959.127E

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DescriptionInverted "sandwich" plaque with a thick (0.70 cm) upper layer and thin (0.03 cm) lower layer of green and grayish-yellow glass. Gold leaf forms a diagonal square with internal triangles centering on a central square. Sides are cut; features a reddish-brown rough backing on the reverse.

Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolf M., “Ancient and Near Eastern Glass,” Museum News, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring 1961, p. 42.

Philippe, Joseph, Le monde byzantin dans l’histoire de la verrerie, Bologna, 1970, p. 54, fig. 26.

Gorin‑Rosen, Yael, “Byzantine Gold Glass from Excavations in the Holy Land,” Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 57, 2015, pp. 102, 116 (Table 1, Nos. 13–17).