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Fragment of Bowl

Place of OriginEgypt
DateProbably first century BCE, possibly later
DimensionsH: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
MediumSagged, with strips of monochrome opaque glass and sections of mosaic cane pressed and fused into the interior surface; rotary-polished on both surfaces; cut on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1736
Not on View
Collections
  • Glass
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, Cat. No. 227, p. 208, Repr. (col.) p. 184.

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