Glass mosaic plaque fragment with floral motifs

Unknown

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

Deep cobalt blue ground, appearing black; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and red, and other, uncertain colors. Thin, flat plaque, with rough, uneven back. Floral motif with individual plants picked out in detail on ground, including a poppy seed head and a long ear of wheat. Broken on all sides, with weathered edges; dulling, pitting and pale creamy weathering on upper side, iridescence on underside. The attractive polychromy of the floral designs on this fragment are now masked by a layer of brownish surface weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Medium

Glass, fused sections

Culture

Roman, Egyptian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1926