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Source Description
Makers of mosaic glass cut thin slices from long, thin rods known as canes. The slices were placed side by side on a marble slab and heated in a furnace until they fused together. The soft flat disk of fused glass was then placed over a bowl-shaped form and heated until it slumped into the desired shape.
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Document identity
localId
13501
label
Mosaic Plate
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
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13501
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Mosaic Plate
description
Makers of mosaic glass cut thin slices from long, thin rods known as canes. The slices were placed side by side on a marble slab and heated in a furnace until they fused together. The soft flat disk of fused glass was then placed over a bowl-shaped form and heated until it slumped into the desired shape.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from near Jerusalem]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE (Late Hellenistic-early Roman)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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plates
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.9
height
16
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/4 × Diam: 6 5/16 in. (1.9 × 16 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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glass
creator_ids
6191
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ROM
ANE
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454
2003
170
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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481a214fba51fcde
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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2ccdd6a57bb42202
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no
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no