Glass relief fragment

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 168

Translucent light blue; upper layer of opaque light blue.
Part of a large square or rectangular plaque; flat, undecorated back, with grozed edges; vertical edges to two remaining sides (top and proper left side).
Relief decoration on front, depicting a trophy, comprising an assortment of weapons and arms: shields, helmets, spears, standards, sword, and quiver filled with arrows.
Broken and restored from two large fragments, with weathering on broken edges; thick creamy weathering on front, brownish weathering, pitting, and iridescence on back, and iridescent weathering on sides and edges.

Glass relief fragment, Glass, Roman

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