Glass marbled mosaic inlay

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1st half of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Opaque orange with streaks of opaque red. Flat inlay, roughly rectangular; straight-edged short sides and irregular chipped long sides. Marbled mosaic pattern. Polished upper side; pitting of surface bubbles on upper side; dulling and patchy weathering on underside; creamy weathering on edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891