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Translucent cobalt blue over opaque white.
Rectangular flat plaque with beveled edges.
On upper surface, a lizard outlined in gold wire and probably originally inlaid with small pieces of mosaic and monochrome glass.
Complete except for chip at one corner, and almost all of inlay within body of lizard missing; many surface scratches and pitting of surface bubbles.
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Title: Glass and gold inlay
Period: Early Imperial
Date: late 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass and gold
Dimensions: Other: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.391
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