Mosaic Bars
Mosaic Bars
Place of OriginEgypt
Date3rd to 1st century BCE
DimensionsH: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Max L: 1 in. (2.5 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
MediumPolychrome composite mosaic glass; assembled from lengths of cane and cast; polished on both ends; side edges left slightly rough.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.327
Not on View
DescriptionThese two small glass bars each display a palmette design in red, yellow, and dark tones on a blue background. White scroll-like tendrils appear at the base of the motif. The bars are slightly uneven and have rounded edges.
Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolph M., "Ancient and Near Eastern Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, 4, no. 2, 1961, p. 32.
Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, IA, 1968, pp.16-17, fig. 5.
Grose, 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. 628, p. 362.
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
16th century
Second to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-1st century BCE
Probably 2nd century CE
1st century BCE
Second to mid-1st century BCE
Early to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
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