Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2013.

Eye

Artist Unknown

CultureEgyptian

DatePtolemaic-Roman Period, 3rd century B.C.E.-1st century C.E., 299 B.C.-99 A.D.

MediumCast glass

Dimensions7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (2.2 × 5.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Board of Trustees in honor of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. on his 75th birthday

Object number84.170

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1

Label TextEgyptian Eye, 3rd century B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Cast glass, ground and polished Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of the Board of Trustees in honor of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. on his 75th birthday. 84.170Published ReferencesGoldstein, _Pre-Roman & Early Roman Glass int he Corning Museum of Glass_, pp. 171-172. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 36-37.