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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Mosaic Cup
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Mosaic Cup

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureEgyptian | Eastern Mediterranean
Date1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.
MediumMolded glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
InscribedPaper label "6" inside.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6791
Not on view
DescriptionMillefiori tea cup shaped bowl/cup. With a molded ring base and a flaring top quarter. Amethyst glass with brown, yellow and white canes placed in rather regular form. Badly weathered but reconstructed with all pieces intact (looks brown), foot may be a replacement-exterior probably recently polished. Probably from Alexandria-1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D. Eastern Mediterranean or Alexandria.

Published ReferencesGoldstein, PRE-ROMAN & EARLY ROMAN GLASS IN THE CORNING MUSEUM, #491 thru #494, pp. 184-187.
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Unknown
Mosaic Cup
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
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