Pastiche of mosaic plaques and inlays
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Pastiche of mosaic plaques and inlays
Place of OriginProbably Egypt
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsH: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.240
Not on View
DescriptionA composition made from twelve fragments of mosaic plaques and inlays, cut and reassembled in modern times to form a decorative floral arrangement. The design includes a pot with stylized flowers on a horizontal plinth. The floral motifs appear against a gray-blue background and are consistent with elements in several other museum objects (1966.33, 1966.28, 1966.35, 1967.85, 1967.82, 1967.83, 1966.107, 1966.37). The pot is made of opaque red glass with vertical opaque yellow lines. The plinth features opaque red glass decorated with interlocking circles and rods in opaque yellow. Constructed using fused polychrome mosaic glass; elements were cast from colored cane sections and later recut and reassembled. The upper surface is flat and polished; the underside is flat but concealed by a modern backing.
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. 709, p. 393.Early to Late 15th century
Probably second quarter of first century
Late Period, Dynasty 25 - 31
Probably second quarter of first century
1st century CE
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE (Ptolemaic?)
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Mid- to late 4th century CE
Unidentified, Gorgoneion Group
about 560 BCE
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