Fragment of Floral Plaque
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Fragment of Floral Plaque
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Max Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.262
Not on View
DescriptionThis glass fragment was once part of a larger decorative panel. It shows a dense arrangement of flowers, stems, and leaves made by fusing together small, colorful pieces of glass called canes. The floral designs include tulip-shaped blossoms and lotus flowers. The upper surface was polished to reveal the details, while the back remains rough
Published ReferencesWeinberg, Gladys Davidson, "Notes on Glass from Upper Galilee," Journal of Glass Studies 15, 1973, pp.49-50, fig. 8.
Grose, 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. 649, p. 366.
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
17th century
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Pierre Delabarre
Glass: before 1630; Mount: c. 1630; Case: c. 1700
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