Fragment of Fish Plaque
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Fragment of Fish Plaque
Place of OriginEgypt
DateSecond century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L: 1 15/16 in. (5.0 cm); Thickness: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm); Depth: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.243
Not on View
DescriptionFish pattern in various colors on deep turquoise background.
Opaque turquoise-blue ground with sections of many canes arranged as a dark blue fish with a grayish-blue belly and a grayish-blue dorsal fin and tail, both streaked with purple; behind the dorsal fin and curving over the tail, a cluster of canes in opaque yellow streaked with brown, now too incomplete to determine their original shape or significance. The mosaic inlay is visible only on the upperside and does not penetrate the thickness of the plaque. Upperside flat; underside flat but rough. Glass; fused polychrome mosaic glass; assembled from tiny sections of cane pressed into the ground while hot; polished on the upper surface.
Fragment of plaque with an inlaid mosaic fish.
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. 655, p. 367.Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
Second century BCE to first century CE, possibly later
Third to first century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Third to first century BCE
3rd-4th century CE
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Third to first century BCE
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