Glass mosaic inlay

Egyptian, Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, red, and grayish green.
Polygonal, flat, and very thin plaque.
Symmetrical ivy leaf and palmette motif arranged around a large central six-petaled rosette, with a slightly compressed palmette with spiral volutes below on sides of the hexagon and ivy leaves in solid white at corners.
Broken across middle with almost half of motif missing; upper and underside and edge ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles.

This inlay is cut from the same mosaic block as 17.194.392, with decoration in mirror image.

Glass mosaic inlay, Glass, Egyptian, Roman

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