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Glass mirror with terracotta frame
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Glass mirror with terracotta frame

Place of OriginEgypt or Italy
DatePossibly 4th-6th century
DimensionsL: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); Diam (top): 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); Max Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm);
Thickness: 5/16 in. (1.1 cm)
MediumGlass; tooled; applied decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1230
Not on View
DescriptionSolid. Blowing spirals. Translucent natural yellowish green (between 10 GY 4/4 and 5 G 5/2). Moderate brown coils and streak in ring. Tooled. Pontil mark ca. 0.75 cm. Added coils. Ring-shaped object with long tapering handle and roughly ovoid finial separated by jacking. Around middle of body and on either side of jack mark, four coils trailed on from right to left.

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