Mosaic glass inlay border
Mosaic glass inlay border
Place of OriginEgypt or Italy
Date1st century BCE - 1st century CE
DimensionsL: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Max W: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.260
Not on View
DescriptionThis narrow strip of mosaic glass was once part of a larger decorative inlay. It features a delicate black-and-yellow meander pattern—a continuous line forming a repeated geometric motif. The piece was created using the fused mosaic glass technique, in which slices of patterned canes are arranged and fused together.
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century BCE to 1st century CE
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Early to mid-1st century CE
1st century BCE - 1th century CE
1st century BCE - 1th century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
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