martes, 15 de diciembre de 2020

A fragment of a millefiori glass

 

A fragment of a millefiori glass plate from Meroe, with blue flowers on a black background. The millefiore technique originated in Egypt for making decorative inlay plaques. Coloured rods were arranged in a pattern so that they could be fused and made into a composite rod, transverse slices were cut from the composite rod and each produced the original pattern.

Present location

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL

Inventory number

49.47.932

Dating

MEROITIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site

BEGRAWIYA

Category

PLATE

Material

GLASS

Technique

MILLEFIORI

Bibliography

  • Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 99; pl.156.

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