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
DescriptionThis large glass fragment shows a floral scene on a pale blue-gray background. It includes branching stems with fan-shaped white flowers, some tipped in red, along with smaller white and yellow blossoms. The top is polished flat, and the back is uneven.
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
Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
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