Plaque with Hathor

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Object Name: 
Plaque with Hathor
Place Made: 
Egypt
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
59.1.94 A
Dimensions: 
Overall (A-1 and A-2 combined) H: 2 cm, W: 1.6 cm, D: 0.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
299 BCE-99 CE
Web Description: 
Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of love and joy. She was often represented with the head, horns, or ears of a cow.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Category: 
Origins of Glassmaking
Roman
Color: 
yellow
red
turquoise
white
blue
Technique: 
millefiori glass
mosaic glass
Material: 
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Plaque with Hathor. Mosaic glass or millefiori elements. Half face of the goddess Hathor, canes of opaque yellow, opaque red, turquoise, all in a white matrix. Face delineated with blue, red lips, wig, series of alternating rosettes and turquoise and red "triglyphs", cow ear, horizontal crown base of small alternating vertical bands of yellow, red, deep blue and turquoise, base preserves delicate rosette necklace.

Exhibitions (1)

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1995-06-03 through 1995-10-22

Publications (4)

Arte de vidriocontemporaneo usando el soplete (2006) illustrated, p. 13, bottom;
Arte de vidriocontemporaneo usando el soplete (2006) illustrated, p. 13, bottom;
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 236, #686; BIB# 29547
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, pp. 69-71, #99; BIB# 27315

Objects in Set (20)

Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94
8 Cane Slices Showing Full Face of Goddess Hathor from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 B
 
3 Cane Slices Showing Half Heads of an Owl from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 C
4 Mosaic Rosette Elements from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 D
 
Lintel with Cobras
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 E
6 Mosaic Wing Inlays from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 F
 
2 Rosette Elements from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 G
2 Mosaic Glass Apis Bull Plaques and 1 Border from Similar Plaque from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 H
 
Lotus Bud Plaque from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 I
2 Mosaic Glass Inlays from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 J
 
2 Mosaic Glass Inlays from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 K
Mosaic Glass Strip from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 L
 
56 Mosaic Glass Strips and Squares from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 M
8 Mosaic Glass Strips from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 N
 
2 Mosaic Glass Strips from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 O
Hieroglyph of a Double Feather from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 P
 
2 Elements from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 Q
2 Notched Strips and 1 Bag of Strip Fragments from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 R
 
9 Bags of Mosaic Strips and Fragments from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 S
2 Bags of Chips and Shreds from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Date:299 BCE-99 CE
Accession Number:59.1.94 T