Glass mosaic inlay

Egyptian, Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent light blue and opaque white.
Thin narrow strip.
Continuous guilloche or wave pattern.
Broken and repaired; upper side ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles, dulling and faint weathering on edges and back
The inlay is made from two sections cut from the same cane of mosaic glass, with decoration appearing in mirror image.

Bluish backed on colorless, maeander pattern in white.

Glass mosaic inlay, Glass, Egyptian, Roman

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