Fragment of Mosaic Inlay
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Fragment of Mosaic Inlay
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsH: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); W: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); Thickness: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.247
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of a mosaic wing from either a scarab or a sun-disk inlay. Opaque dark blue ground with opaque dark blue feathers outlined in opaque yellow; above, a horizontal register with a polychrome mosaic strip outlined in opaque yellow. Upper- and undersides flat but broken and uneven. 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. 625, 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
1st century BCE (Ptolemaic?)
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
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