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Plaque with Sphinx

Plaque with Sphinx

 
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Object Name: 
Plaque with Sphinx
Department
Ancient
Category
Origins of Glassmaking
Place Made: 
Greece
Date: 
1400-1250 BC
Color
Iridescent white
Technique
Mold pressed
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.3 cm, W: 1.5 cm
Accession Number: 
59.1.60 B
Location: 
On Display
Description
Glass completely weathered to an iridescent white film, original color cannot be determined; cast in an open mold without suspension holes. Rectangular plaque, single relief border on three sides and a ribbed reel pattern below, on this sits a sphinx facing right with a spiral tail and spiral decoration on chest perhaps suggesting a tuft of hair, the caricature-like head is covered with a flat hat and long tassel flower out from the center and back to the wing tip.
Provenance
Smith, Ray Winfield, Source to 1959-07-27

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Exhibitions

Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
Venue(s)
Kurpfalzischen Museum 1952-11 through 1953
Publications
1
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15
Publications
1
 
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Venue(s)
Musee de Mariemont 1954 through 1954
Publications
1

Publications

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) pp. 96-97, #189-190; BIB# 29547
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, pp. 30-31, #26; BIB# 27315
Catalogue des Verres Antiques de la Collection Ray Winfield Smith (1954) p. 13, #14; BIB# 28196
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith (Heidelberg) (1952) p. 5, no. 3 (group); BIB# 31788

Objects In Set

Bead Fragment and Inlay or Plaque
Date:1400-1250 BC
Accession Number:59.1.60
Bead Fragment
Date:1400-1250 BC
Accession Number:59.1.60 A
 

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