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Glass mosaic fragment
Translucent deep purple, pale greyish blue appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Flat bottom or inlay.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white enclosing a scatter of blue rods outlined in yellow, and the other in a purple ground outlined in white with a red circle and inside on a purple ground two circles of white dots around a central yellow rod .
Polished on one side with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on other side and jagged edges.
Flat bottom or inlay.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white enclosing a scatter of blue rods outlined in yellow, and the other in a purple ground outlined in white with a red circle and inside on a purple ground two circles of white dots around a central yellow rod .
Polished on one side with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on other side and jagged edges.
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: 5/8 x 1 3/16 in. (1.5 x 3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1935
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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