Fragment of Mosaic Border Strip
Fragment of Mosaic Border Strip
Place of OriginEgypt
Date3rd to 1st century BCE
DimensionsUpper strip ) L: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm); Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm); Lower strip) L: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm); Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm)
MediumGlass; cast and polished.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1727A-B
Not on View
DescriptionProbably a winged phallus motif in opaque yellow and opaque red, with opaque white wings with opaque red and opaque yellow centers; below each phallus, a short horizontal opaque red line and two opposing opaque white tendrils. Upper- and undersides flat; vertical edges.
Two non-joining lengths of mosaic border strip.
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. 643, p. 364.1st century BCE - 4th century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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