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Inlay, profile bust fitted from sections

Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
ca. 200 BCE–CE 100
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134
Glass figural inlay elements could be fitted in individual wooden cells, or placed immediately adjacent to other elements and attached to a background as they have been to create this bust'.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Inlay, profile bust fitted from sections
  • Period: Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
  • Date: ca. 200 BCE–CE 100
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: Glass
  • Dimensions: H. 2.9 × W. 1.8 cm (1 1/8 × 11/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.2468
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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