Glass plaque with sphinx
Translucent cobalt blue, backed with opaque light blue.
Rectangular flat plaque, with major axis horizontal; beveled edges, grozed at back; flat underside.
Decoration in relief: seated winged sphinx in profile facing right, wearing diadem on head, with long wing extending over back and curling up at tip and long curling tail. On back, undecorated layer of light blue.
Broken and repaired, complete except for chip in undreside; dulling, iridescence, and thin whitish weathering.
Made in the same mold as 81.10.156 and 17.194.563.
These three relief plaques, decorated with the figure of a crouching sphinx, were all made in the same mold. They probably formed part of the inlay decoration to a piece of furniture.
Rectangular flat plaque, with major axis horizontal; beveled edges, grozed at back; flat underside.
Decoration in relief: seated winged sphinx in profile facing right, wearing diadem on head, with long wing extending over back and curling up at tip and long curling tail. On back, undecorated layer of light blue.
Broken and repaired, complete except for chip in undreside; dulling, iridescence, and thin whitish weathering.
Made in the same mold as 81.10.156 and 17.194.563.
These three relief plaques, decorated with the figure of a crouching sphinx, were all made in the same mold. They probably formed part of the inlay decoration to a piece of furniture.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass plaque with sphinx
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast in an open mold in two layers
- Dimensions: H.: 1 5/8 x 1 15/16 in. (4.1 x 4.9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.155
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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