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Fragment of Snake
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Fragment of Snake

Place of OriginRoman Empire, Eastern Mediterranean or Italy
DateProbably 1st century BCE to 1st century CE
DimensionsMax L: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Max W: 5/8 in. (1.7 cm); Depth: 3/8 in. (1.0 cm)
MediumMarbled and molded mosaic glass; free-modeled with tools, applied marvered threads, stress marks on the underside.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.1205
Not on View
DescriptionGolden-brown ground with curving longitudinal threads of opaque white, opaque yellow, and opaque turquoise-blue marvered into the upper surface. Curvilinear fragment of body of snake. Body hemispherical in cross section; underside flat but slightly uneven in places.
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. 679, p. 372.

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