Section of Mosaic Cane
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Section of Mosaic Cane
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsL: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumFused polychrome mosaic glass; assembled from sections of cane and cast; polished on all surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.297
Not on View
DescriptionAn opaque white central eye set in an opaque dark blue ground, with a dark blue pupil; above, a blue eyebrow outlined in opaque yellow with opaque yellow vertical eyelashes; below, an opaque white beard set in an opaque dark blue ground; at the far left, a turquoise-blue, opaque red, and opaque yellow motif too incomplete to determine its significance, but possibly the falcon hieroglyph. Upper- and undersides flat; smooth vertical edges.
Section of square mosaic cane. Opaque dark blue ground with the Egyptian eye of Horus motif at the center, with a stylized beard below.
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. 630, p. 362.Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late seventh through fifth centuries BCE
Roman Period (1st to 4th century CE)
Third to first century BCE
Fifth or fourth centuries BCE
Late 6th - 3rd century BCE
Late 6th-3rd century BCE
Sixth through fifth centuries BCE
6th - 5th centuries BCE
Third to first century BCE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
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