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Inlay in the Form of a Collar

Inlay in the Form of a Collar

 
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Object Name: 
Inlay in the Form of a Collar
Department
Ancient
Category
Origins of Glassmaking
Place Made: 
Egypt; Ptolemaic
Date: 
about 300-50 BC
Color
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black
Technique
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assembling
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cooling
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ground glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12 cm, W: 16.8 cm, Th: 0.5 cm
Accession Number: 
94.1.1
Location: 
On Display
Description
Opaque white strips and multicolored strips with nine different combinations of opaque colors. Decorated with nine rows of repetitive ornament separated by opaque white strips and with opaque white strip at top and bottom.
Provenance
Tiliakos, Emmanuel, Source to 1994-02-01
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1995-06-03 through 1995-10-22
The Corning Museum of Glass (2010) illustrated, p. 65;
Create Jewelry Glass (2009) illustrated, p. 32; BIB# 108860
Mosaic Glass Necklaces from Ptolemaic Egypt: Gifts for Deities and the Deceased (2005) illustrated, pp. 317-318; color plates 91, 93;
The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 11-12, #1; BIB# 65446
La Storia del Mosaico di Vetro (1995-09) illustrated, p. 82;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 37 (1995) illustrated, cover, frontispiece;
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass (1995) illustrated, pp. 4-5, p. 10, Fig. 8; BIB# 26765
Il Corning Museum illustrated, p. 20;

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