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Fragments of Twisted Rods
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Fragments of Twisted Rods

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsMax L: 1 1/8 in. (2.7 cm); Diam: 5/16 in. (1.0 cm)
MediumTwisted cane glass; tooled, with applied unmarvered and partly marvered threads.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.1145
Not on View
DescriptionDeep green-blue. Ten twisted rods, circular in cross section, all probably used as border decoration in wall or vault mosaics.
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. 670j, p. 370.

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