Molded rosette
Molded rosette
Place of OriginEgypt or Italy
Date1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
DimensionsDiam: 1 1/4 in. (3.0 cm)
MediumMold-pressed, layered glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1591
Not on View
DescriptionThis molded glass ornament features a high-relief rosette with eight rounded petals. The petals are detailed with sunken veins and encircle a central depression. It is made of layered blue glass over pale opaque blue. Some material appears to have intruded onto the front surface.
2nd Millennium BCE
About 1st-2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
about 100 BCE
1st century CE
150-100 BCE
1st century BCE - 2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 2nd century CE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
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