'Gold-Glass" Base Fragment: Christ Blessing the Animals

19th to early 20th century

Medium: Pale green nearly colorless glass
Dimensions: see remarks: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1955.6.207
Culture: Roman
Period: Modern forgery of Byzantine
Classification: Containers
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

unknown, but compare Eisen 573.

Bibliography

Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 143, no. A13, Appendix, ill

Gustavus A. Eisen, Glass: Its Origin, History, Chronology, Technic and Classification to the Sixteenth Century, 2 vols. (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927), vol. 2, p. 574, pl. VI

Object copyright

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