Fragment of Mosaic Inlay

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Fragment of Mosaic Inlay

Place of OriginEgypt

DateThird to first century BCE

DimensionsL: 1 1/16 (2.7 cm); W: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)

MediumGlass; assembled from sections of cane and cast in an open, one-piece mold; polished on the upperside.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.299

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DescriptionFragment of a mosaic inlay of uncertain shape. Four horizontal registers separated from one another by opaque white lines: the top register is in an opaque blue ground with a row of opaque white lotuses; the second is in a dark blue ground with a row of flowers with opaque yellow petals tipped in opaque red surrounding a central opaque white rod; the third is in an opaque red ground with a row of opaque white flowers outlined in blue with a blue center; and the lowest register is in an opaque blue ground with a row of blue flowers outlined in opaque yellow with opaque red tips. The upper two registers extend through the thickness of the glass; the others are backed by opaque white. Upper- and undersides flat; vertical side edges. Four horizontal registers separated from one another by opaque white lines: the top register is in an opaque blue ground with a row of opaque white lotuses; the second is in a dark blue ground with a row of flowers with opaque yellow petals tipped in opaq DESCRIPTION Fragment of a mosaic inlay of uncertain shape. Upper- and undersides flat; vertical side edges. TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections of cane and cast in an open, one-piece mold; polished on the upperside.

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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, cat. no. 623, p. 361, repr. (col.) p. 40, drawing, p. 397.