Glass mosaic inlay

Unknown

1st century BCE–1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Semi-opaque cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, red, and greyish green. Square, thin, flat plaque, with slightly beveled edges. Symmetrical lotus and palmette motif arranged around a central compressed four-petaled rosette, with a large palmette at each corner with double spiral volutes forming a frame to a small distorted lotus flower on each side. Broken and repaired with small holes and cracks; upper side ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles, weathering on edges and back. Square, many colored; leaves and spirals.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century BCE–1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Egyptian, Ptolemaic or Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917