Inlay, profile bust fitted from sections
Glass figural inlay elements could be fitted in individual wooden cells, or placed immediately adjacent to other elements and attached to a background as they have been to create this bust'.
Artwork Details
- Title: Inlay, profile bust fitted from sections
- Period: Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
- Date: 200 BC–100 AD
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: H. 2.9 × W. 1.8 cm (1 1/8 × 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.2468
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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