Glass mosaic inlay fragment

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent blue green and opaque brick red.
Flat, rectangular plaque, with two long straight side and rounded corners; irregular tooling indents on underside.
Marbled mosaic pattern in blue green ground with multiple red streaks.
Chipped edges; polished upper side; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and some pitting on underside; iridescent weathering on most of edges but part of one long side ground flat.

Translucent blue green and opaque brick red.

Glass mosaic inlay fragment, Glass, Roman

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