Circular Dish
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Object Label
To create mosaic glass, artisans fused slices of colored glass rods in a two-part mold and then polished the surface. Of the few examples that survive from antiquity, most come from the palace of Amunhotep III at Malkata, where the king sponsored royal workshops. The coloring on this example, which is the largest and best-preserved of its type, is probably meant to imitate red granite.
Caption
Circular Dish, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.. Glass, 11/16 x 1 x 4 1/8 in. (1.8 x 2.5 x 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.162. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.162_SL1.jpg)
Title
Circular Dish
Date
ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Glass
Classification
Dimensions
11/16 x 1 x 4 1/8 in. (1.8 x 2.5 x 10.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
48.162
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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