Glass mosaic inlay
Translucent cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, red, and greyish green.
Circular, flat, and very thin plaque.
Symmetrical lily and palmette motif arranged around a central six-petaled rosette, with six palmettes with spiral volutes below forming a star-shaped frame to the central rosette, alternating with six lilies in solid white.
Cracked and repaired with two minor chips on edge; upper and underside and edge ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles.
These inlays, despite their different shapes and colors, all have the same basic pattern, comprising palmettes and lilies or lotus flowers. Although probably of Egyptian origin, such inlays were popular in Rome, and similar designs are found in Roman decorative arts.
Circular, flat, and very thin plaque.
Symmetrical lily and palmette motif arranged around a central six-petaled rosette, with six palmettes with spiral volutes below forming a star-shaped frame to the central rosette, alternating with six lilies in solid white.
Cracked and repaired with two minor chips on edge; upper and underside and edge ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles.
These inlays, despite their different shapes and colors, all have the same basic pattern, comprising palmettes and lilies or lotus flowers. Although probably of Egyptian origin, such inlays were popular in Rome, and similar designs are found in Roman decorative arts.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic inlay
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: Diam.: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.389
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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