56 Mosaic Glass Strips and Squares from Mosaic Glass Shrine

Object Name: 
56 Mosaic Glass Strips and Squares from Mosaic Glass Shrine

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Object Name: 
56 Mosaic Glass Strips and Squares from Mosaic Glass Shrine
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Accession Number: 
59.1.94 M
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Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
299 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
56 Mosaic Glass Strips and Squares from Mosaic Glass Shrine. Mosaic glass or millefiori elements. Fifty-six mosaic glass strips and squares containing horizontal bands of primarily opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque red, translucent blue, turquoise and opaque orange in multiple configurations patterns at least eleven roughly square pieces cut from the same strip.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
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