Romano-Egyptian Glass Pendant

Name: Romano-Egyptian Glass Pendant
SKU: LD-943
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£ 275.00

A fine Romano-Egyptian glass fragment pendant likely originated from a bowl or similar vessel. The glass fragment featuring an opaque, vibrant, deep green background enriched with a mosaic like pattern of which white and light green streaks can be seen. This is created by heating white and light green canes with the dark green fusing them together. The design is replicated on the reverse. The fragment has been placed in a modern silver frame with a loop sitting at the top for suspension. The chain is for reference only, chains available upon enquiry.

Date: Circa 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD
Provenance: Ex Gallery Mikazuki prior to 1984 property of a London gentleman.
Condition: Very fine. Minor wear consistent with age.

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SKU: LD-943 Category: Pendants Tags: Fragment, Polychromatic

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Glass designs were a time-consuming technique that took skill and patience. Thin canes of different colours were heated together in a certain order producing different motifs. It was then fused into one larger cane and stretched to reduce the size of the imagery, and left to cool. The cane is then sliced into smaller discs which are then formed into beads of placed across a hot glassware vessel. The vessel would be blown for a second time to merge the pieces of glass and then left to cool in the desired shape. This process was originally discovered by the Egyptians when producing millefiori glass and then later developed by the Greeks and Romans.