Cane, cow-headed serpent, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, From Egypt, Glass, H. 2.1 × W. 1.4 × T. 2 cm (13/16 × 9/16 × 13/16 in.), A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition was made by bundling colored glass canes, which were then drawn out into a long bar like this partially preserved example
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Cane, cow-headed serpent, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, Egypt, Glass, H, 2.1, W, 1.4, T, 2 cm, 13/16, 9/16, mosaic, glass, technique, allowed, multiples, image, created, figural, design composition, bundling colored, canes, drawn out, long bar, partially preserved, example
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