Glass mosaic inlay fragment
Thin inlay fragment.
Translucent deep purple streaked with colorless, greyish blue, turquoise blue appearing green; opaque white and yellow.
Flat with one straight edge; slightly uneven underside.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; another in a purple ground around a rosette of five green rods outlined in yellow and a central white rod surrounded by a purple circle, and a third in a purple ground around a rosette of six blue rods outlined in white and a central yellow spiral surrounded by a purple circle.
Polished upper side; pitting of surface bubbles on upper side; pitting and thick creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence on underside and edges.
Translucent deep purple streaked with colorless, greyish blue, turquoise blue appearing green; opaque white and yellow.
Flat with one straight edge; slightly uneven underside.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; another in a purple ground around a rosette of five green rods outlined in yellow and a central white rod surrounded by a purple circle, and a third in a purple ground around a rosette of six blue rods outlined in white and a central yellow spiral surrounded by a purple circle.
Polished upper side; pitting of surface bubbles on upper side; pitting and thick creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence on underside and edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic inlay fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 13/16 x 1 5/16 in. (2.1 x 3.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1944
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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