Fragment of Fish Plaque
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Fragment of Fish Plaque
Place of OriginEgypt
DateSecond century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Depth: 1/16 in. (0.1 cm); Thickness: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
MediumFused polychrome mosaic glass; assembled from sections of cane pressed into the ground while hot, polished on the upper surface.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.326
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque dark blue ground with sections of many canes arranged as a dark blue fish with a grayish-blue belly; the colors of the fins and tail are obscured by corrosion.
Fragment of plaque with an inlaid mosaic fish. The mosaic inlay is visible only on the upperside and does not penetrate the thickness of the plaque. Upperside flat; underside flat but rough.
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. 656, p. 368.Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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