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Fish (mosaic glass)

Museum August Kestner Antike Kulturen Glas der Antike [1951.180]
Fisch (Mosaikglas) (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
Provenance/Rights: Museum August Kestner / Detlef Jürges (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Description

The carp-like fish made of mosaic glass was once part of a larger mosaic made of glass that may have decorated the floor of a swimming pool or the walls in a thermal spa. (AVS)

Former collection of Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing

Material/Technique

Opaque glass (blue, white, red, black, yellow) on clay base - Mosaic glass

Measurements

Height: 5.5 cm, width: 7 cm

Literature

  • Liepmann, Ursula (1982): Glas der Antike. Hannover, 126 Nr. 165
Museum August Kestner

Object from: Museum August Kestner

Das Museum August Kestner ist benannt nach August Kestner (1777-1853). Das älteste städtische Museum in der Landeshauptstadt Hannover wird von einer...

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