Two square fragments of mosaic glass
Two square fragments of mosaic glass
Place of OriginEgypt
DateEarly Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
DimensionsEach small square: about 1/2 in. each way
Max L: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Max W: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Max Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.4 cm)
Max L: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Max W: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Max Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.4 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.244
Not on View
DescriptionEach square made up of four smaller squares
Checkerboard pattern composed of tiny square rods of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque red, blue, opaque turquoise-blue, and opaque dark blue (appearing black), each color symmetrically disposed within the mosaic cane.
Square section of mosaic cane. Upper- and undersides flat; rough vertical edges.
Fused polychrome mosaic, cast, and polished. Diapered pattern formed by the juxtaposition of square glass sticks of various colors.
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. 634, p. 363 (only part C was published in this book).Early Imperial Period, 1st - 4th century CE
Third to first century BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Early Imperial Period, 1st - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
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