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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
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Collections
  • Glass
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.

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