Fragment of Mosaic Border Strip
Fragment of Mosaic Border Strip
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsMax L: 2 in. (5.0 cm); Max W: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
MediumPolychrome glass; Cast and polished.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.214
Not on View
DescriptionThree joining lengths of mosaic border strip. Floral pattern in an opaque yellow ground, with three opaque turquoise-blue leaves outlined in opaque red and two opaque red stems topped by circular opaque red flowers with dark colored centers; below each plant, three horizontal opaque red lines outlined in a dark color. Upper- and undersides flat; vertical edges.
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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, Catalog No. 642, p. 364, drawing, p. 346.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
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Third to first century BCE
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