Fragment of Mosaic Inlay
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Fragment of Mosaic Inlay
Place of OriginEgypt or Italy
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsL: 1 in. (2.5 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Thickness: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.285
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of a mosaic wing from either a scarab or a sun-disk inlay, or possibly part of an elaborate vulture headdress. On the lower edge, a register of dark colored feathers (appearing black) outlined in opaque white with opaque red tips; above, a second register of opaque turquoise-blue feathers outlined in opaque yellow; at the upper left, vestiges of a third register of opaque red feathers outlined in opaque yellow. Slightly convex upperside; underside flat; vertical side edges. Fused polychrome mosaic glass; 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, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 624, p. 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
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
Early to mid-first century CE
Third to first century BCE
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