Glass mosaic inlay fragment

Unknown

ca. 1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Semi-opaque turquoise blue, with additions in opaque white, yellow, deep turquoise blue, and red, and translucent blue. Flat plaque, with even top surface and underside. On surface, applied decoration perhaps as part of a floral or Nilotic design. Broken on all sides; dulling and pitting of surface bubbles.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman, Egyptian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917