Glass plaque with foliage

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue, backed with opaque white. Rectangular flat plaque, with major axis vertical; beveled edges, grozed at back. Decoration in relief: large acanthus spray at bottom, from which emerge two vertical but sinuous leaf scrolls with four principal flowers arranged in pairs of one facing and the other in profile. On back, thin undecorated layer of white. Intact; dulling, pitting, iridescence, and patches of creamy brown weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917