Glass relief fragment

Unknown

1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent light blue; upper layer of opaque light blue. Part of a large square or rectangular plaque; flat, undecorated back, with grozed edges; vertical edges to two remaining sides (top and proper left side). Relief decoration on front, depicting a trophy, comprising an assortment of weapons and arms: shields, helmets, spears, standards, sword, and quiver filled with arrows. Broken and restored from two large fragments, with weathering on broken edges; thick creamy weathering on front, brownish weathering, pitting, and iridescence on back, and iridescent weathering on sides and edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917