Fragment of Floral Plaque
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Fragment of Floral Plaque
Place of OriginEgypt
Date3rd to 1st century BCE
DimensionsL: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
MediumGlass; assembled from sections of cane and cast; applied backing; polished on the upper surface.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.311
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of plaque with floral motifs. Pale blue-gray ground with sections of mosaic canes arranged as flowers, leaves, and stems: at the bottom, a central opaque yellow vertical stem with branches and a cluster of six-petaled opaque white fan-shaped flowers tipped in opaque red; above, additional opaque white six-petaled flowers with yellow centers, opaque yellow stems and leaves, and a circular opaque yellow flower. Lengths of polychrome canes laid randomly blend into the blue-gray ground and form the backing. Upperside flat; underside slightly uneven.
Pale gray-green ground with sections of mosaic canes arranged as flowers, leaves, and stems: at the bottom, two partly preserved circular opaque yellow flowers; above them, three tulip-shaped flowers (one mostly lost) with opaque yellow stems, turquoise-b
DESCRIPTION Fragment of plaque with floral motifs. Lengths of polychrome canes laid randomly form the backing. Upperside flat; underside slightly convex and uneven.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections of cane and cast; applied backing; polished on the upper surface.
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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, cat. no. 651, pp. 366-367, repr. (col.) p. 347.Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
1st century BCE (Ptolemaic?)
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Probably late first century BCE to early first century CE
Probably late first century BCE to early first century CE
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