Glass mosaic fragment
Body fragment.
Translucent purple, deep turquoise blue partially layered with opaque yellow and appearing green, opaque white and yellow.
Shallow convex curving side.
Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from lengths of canes set at angles to each other, comprising stripes and squares in blue, green, white and purples, with yellow splashes.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, deep pitting of surface bubbles, and patches of creamy weathering on interior and edges.
Edges appear to have been ground down and rounded, making the fragment into a ttriangularshape, perhaps in antiquity.
Translucent purple, deep turquoise blue partially layered with opaque yellow and appearing green, opaque white and yellow.
Shallow convex curving side.
Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from lengths of canes set at angles to each other, comprising stripes and squares in blue, green, white and purples, with yellow splashes.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, deep pitting of surface bubbles, and patches of creamy weathering on interior and edges.
Edges appear to have been ground down and rounded, making the fragment into a ttriangularshape, perhaps in antiquity.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 11/16 x 13/16 in. (1.7 x 2.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1996
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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