Glass mosaic inlay

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, red, and greyish green. Plaque comprising two squarish sections attached along one straight side and the outward sides rounded. On each section a matching symmetrical frond and palmette motif arranged around a central four-petaled cross-shaped rosette, with a tall, leafy frond at each corner with spiral volutes below forming a frame to the central rosette, and a short palmette on each side. Cracked and repaired with several chips around edges; upper and underside and all edges ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles and dulling.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917