Section of Mosaic Cane
Section of Mosaic Cane
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsMax Diam: 13/16 in. (2.0 cm); Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm)
MediumFused polychrome mosaic; cast and polished.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.215
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque green ground with a central flower with four heart-shaped petals, each with opaque yellow and opaque white centers tipped in opaque red; between the petals are four diamond-shaped purple spirals in an opaque white ground.
Circular section of mosaic cane. Upper- and undersides flat; rough edges cut diagonally.
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. 639, p. 364.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
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
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