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
DescriptionThis small glass plaque shows a fish in dark and pale blue set into a dark background. The design was created by pressing colored glass canes into the base while hot. Surface wear and corrosion have obscured some details.
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.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
Third to first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
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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