Section of Mosaic Cane
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Section of Mosaic Cane
Place of OriginEgypt
Date3rd to 1st century BCE
DimensionsL: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); W: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumFused polychrome mosaic glass; assembled from sections of cane and cast; polished on all surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.297
Not on View
DescriptionThis small square piece of glass shows a central eye with details above and below, including a brow and a beard-like form. It was made by fusing together sections of colored glass rods.
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. 630, p. 362.3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
2nd century BCE to 1st century CE, possibly later
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Second to mid-1st century BCE
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