Section of Mosaic Cane
Section of Mosaic Cane
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsH: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); W: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Thickness:1/16 in. (0.2 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.256
Not on View
DescriptionColorless ground streaked with purple, with a central flower with four heart-shaped petals, each with opaque yellow and opaque white centers tipped in opaque red.
Square section of mosaic cane. Upper- and undersides flat; rough vertical edges. Fused polychrome mosaic glass; cast and polished.
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. 632, p. 363.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
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
3rd - 1st century BCE (reworked late 19th or first decade of 20th century)
Third to first century BCE
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