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
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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.- Glass
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
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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