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Object NameMosaic Plaque with Face
Made FromGlass
Date25-75
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome
TechniqueMosaic glass technique, reground
SizeOverall H: 6 cm, W: 5 cm, Th: 0.6 cm
Accession Number66.1.75
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionMosaic Plaque with Face. Canes of opaque white, opaque white with pink tinge, opaque red, translucent amethyst, translucent blue-grey and colorless with a yellow-brown tinge, pitted with some traces of weathering product in low spots; mosaic glass technique, upper surface reground. Fragment broken on all sides preserves faces of a female figure; above, a strip of blue-grey and white are sandwiched between a band of amethyst forming a cap or head cover of some sort; on the figure's left is preserved a small section of yellow-brown glass indicating the hair near the ear with small threads of amethyst indicating individual strands; the eyes and mouth are outlined with amethyst and further shaded by bands of light pink on an almost white face, the nose is delineated with three bands; pink, grey-pink and a cane of transparent glass with a yellow-brown tinge, a small section of the lip is preserved, highlighted with an opaque red element.
Provenance
Source Sergio Sangiorgi (Italian) - 1966
Former Collection Giorgio Sangiorgi (Italian, 1886-1965)