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Ancient Art
Graeco-Hellenistic Intaglio in glass
2nd–early 1st century B.C.
Intaglio in pure, colorless glass
3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
1955.6.310
Culture:
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
Period:
Hellenistic
Classification:
Jewelry
Bibliography:
Gustavus A. Eisen, Glass: Its Origin, History, Chronology, Technic and Classification to the Sixteenth Century, 2 vols. (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927), vol. 1, p. 167, pls. 23, 25.
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 such records is ongoing.