Mosaic Bars
Mosaic Bars
Place of OriginEgypt
Date3rd to 1st century BCE
DimensionsH: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Max L: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); W: 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)
MediumGlass; assembled from lengths of cane and cast; polished on the ends; side edges left slightly rough.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.314
Not on View
DescriptionThese two small mosaic glass bars show stylized female faces, each with elaborate hairstyles and headdresses. The details—such as curled hair, a crown of ivy, and gemstone-patterned diadems—are made from layered and colored glass canes. The ends are polished, while the sides remain slightly rough.
Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolph M., "Ancient and Near Eastern Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 4, no. 2, 1961, p. 32.
Riefstahl, Rudolph M., "The Complexities of Ancient Glass,"Apollo 86, 1967, pp.432-433, fig. 14.
Labino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, IA, 1968, pp. 16-17, fig. 5.
Gunther, Charles F., "How Glass is Made," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 15, no. 1, 1972, p. 16.
Grose, 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. 627, p. 362.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Mummies: From Egypt to Toledo, February 3- May 6, 2018.Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
16th century
1850-1860
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Early 17th century
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