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Fragment of Mosaic Inlay
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Fragment of Mosaic Inlay

Place of OriginEgypt or Italy
DateThird to first century BCE
DimensionsL: 1 in. (2.5 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Thickness: 5/16 in. (0.8 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.285
Not on View
DescriptionThis small glass piece shows three rows of feather-like shapes in different colors, made by fusing slices of colored glass. The top surface is curved and polished, while the back is flat.
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. 624, p. 361.

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