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Glass mosaic inlay

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
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 17.194.380, with decoration in mirror image.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass mosaic inlay
  • Period: Hellenistic
  • Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
  • Culture: Egyptian, Roman
  • Medium: Glass; cast
  • Dimensions: Other: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.392
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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