Mosaic Bar
Mosaic Bar
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsH: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Max L: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.263
Not on View
DescriptionThis small rectangular glass bar shows a repeating pattern that looks like feathers or scales. The design was made from slices of colorful glass canes fused together and then polished flat. Each shape is topped with red and outlined in purple, creating a vivid and orderly pattern on a white background.
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. 629, p. 362.1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Third to first century BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Third to first century BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Unidentified, Gorgoneion Group
about 560 BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Third to first century BCE
Probably second half of the first century
Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
Third to first century BCE
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