Fragment of Floral Plaque
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Fragment of Floral Plaque
Place of OriginEgypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsL: 1 in. (2.5 cm); W: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
MediumGlass; assembled from sections of cane and cast; applied backing; polished on the upper surface.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.301
Not on View
DescriptionThis small glass plaque fragment has a blue background with flower and plant designs made from colorful glass canes. It shows a stalk resembling wheat, a flower with curved leaves, and a circular bloom with a green center. The back is formed from various colored glass pieces laid together. The top is polished flat.
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, cat. no. 652, p. 367, repr. (col.) p. 347.Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
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