Glass mosaic inlay

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and red. Rectangular, thin, flat plaque, with slightly beveled edges. Five-pointed star motif, with yellow center encircled with red, and rays in white. Broken and repaired, with most of right edge missing; upper side ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles, dulling and faint weathering on edges and back. This inlay is part of a border strip, made up of two sections cut from the same cane of mosaic glass.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century BCE–1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Egyptian, Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917