Glass Fragments

4th century

Not on view

Excavations by the Metropolitan Museum at a necropolis in Egypt's Libyan Desert revealed a domed funerary chapel with an intriguing form of decoration: glass vessels of various shapes and colors impressed into the plaster of the dome. These fragments come from a shallow bowl made of greenish-clear glass with a molded decoration of concentric circles within a checkerboard.

Artwork Details

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Exhibition History

Title: Glass Fragments
Date: 4th century
Geography: Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Storage (petri dish diam.): 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm)
Classification: Glass-Vessels
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Object Number: 31.8.42.62
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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