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Section of Mosaic Cane
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Section of Mosaic Cane

Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsH: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); W: 3/8 in. (1 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumFused polychrome mosaic glass; assembled from sections of cane and cast; polished; edges roughly polished.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.298
Not on View
Collections
  • Glass
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. 631, p. 362-363.
Head and hindquarters: early 20th century; Body: probably 7th-1st century CE
Mosaic Bars
Third to first century BCE
Fragment of Bowl
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
Bottle
Early to mid-first century CE
Portrait Mask of a Mummified Young Man
Roman Period (1st to 4th century CE)
Scarab
Ptolemaic Period
about 50 BCE-50 CE

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