Fragment of Mosaic Inlay
Fragment of Mosaic Inlay
Place of OriginEgypt or Italy
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsL: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); W: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Thickness: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
MediumFused polychrome mosaic glass; assembled from sections of cane and cast in an open, one-piece mold, polished on the upperside and along the edges; applied dark blue backing, left rough on the underside.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.295
Not on View
DescriptionTwo-thirds of a kilt, part of a male figural inlay, possibly a pharaoh or god, assembled from many sections of monochrome and mosaic canes. On the right, eleven vertical alternating opaque blue and opaque white strips; adjacent to them, two square sections outlined in opaque yellow: one in an opaque red ground surrounding an opaque blue and opaque white lotus, the other in a dark blue ground (appearing black) surrounding two opaque yellow birds with opaque red eyes, each of which is standing on an opaque red dot with an opaque yellow disk over its head. On the left side of the kilt, six diagonal registers with two alternating mosaic strips outlined in opaque yellow: the first in a dark blue ground (appearing black) with a central row of opaque yellow circles; the second in an opaque red ground with a central row of opaque blue and opaque white lotuses. In the far left corner, a large section in an opaque red ground with two opaque white and opaque blue lotuses. At the bottom of the kilt, a horizontal border of opaque red, opaque white, and opaque blue squares, outlined on the upper and lower edges with bands of opaque yellow. Flat on the upper- and undersides; the edges taper downward.
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. 622, p. 360-361.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
Early to mid-first century CE
Third to first century BCE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
3rd - 1st century BCE (reworked late 19th or first decade of 20th century)
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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