Inlay

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Object Name: 
Inlay
Place Made: 
probably Egypt
possibly Italy
Accession Number: 
52.1.12
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.5 mm, L: 2.8 cm, Th; 8 mm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
99 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
Inlay. Canes of translucent deep blue, opaque white and opaque brick- red, repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment of a long rectangular inlay preserves an overall pattern of rosettes formed by four pointed oval blue leaves cased with white floating in a brick-red matrix.

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Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Mansoor, M. A., Former Collection
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC, Source
1952-02-04
Color: 
Translucent deep blue
Technique: 
mosaic glass or millefiori technique