Section of Mosaic Cane
Section of Mosaic Cane
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsH: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.251
Not on View
DescriptionSection of fused polychrome mosaic glass cane. Features a central eight-petaled opaque white flower, outlined in blue, with an opaque red circular center, set against an opaque dark blue ground. The upper and undersides are flat; the edges taper diagonally downward. The piece was cast and polished.
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. 635, p. 363.Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
3rd - 1st century BCE (reworked late 19th or first decade of 20th century)
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
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