Section of Mosaic Cane
Section of Mosaic Cane
Place of OriginEgypt
Date3rd - 1st century BCE (reworked late 19th or first decade of 20th century)
DimensionsDiam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
MediumGlass; cast and polished.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.300
Not on View
DescriptionThis circular glass piece was made by combining two sections of patterned mosaic canes. Each cane shows a central yellow rosette surrounded by colored rings in red, yellow, and blue. The surfaces are flat, and the edges are straight.
Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolf M., "Ancient and Near Eastern Glass," TOLEDO MUSEUM NEWS, Spring 1961, New Series vol. 4, no. 2, (also published as Ancient and Near Eastern Glass) repr. in color on cover.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, p. 23.
Grose, 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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, cat. no. 637, p. 363, repr. (col.) p. 346.
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
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