Section of Mosaic Cane
Section of Mosaic Cane
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsDiam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); Thickness: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.253
Not on View
DescriptionCircular section of large mosaic cane. Composed of irregularly shaped concentric circles of opaque light blue, opaque dark blue, opaque white, and opaque red, surrounding a central opaque red rod. Upperside is flat; underside is flat but rough; vertical edges. Made of fused polychrome mosaic glass; cast and polished.
Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolph 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. 638, pp. 363-364, repr. (col.) p. 346.
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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