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Object Name5+ Fragments of Wall Revetment Inlays
Made FromGlass, Quartz
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Italy; possibly Egypt
TechniqueCast, cut, polished
Size(a) L: 6 cm; (b) L: 2.8 cm; (c) L: 3.2 cm, Th: 0.5 cm; (d) L: 3.3 cm; (e) L: 6 cm
Accession Number76.1.54
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAll fragments are opaque monochrome colors which are heavily pitted and weathered with some iridescent film still adhering; cast, cut and polished. (a) Red, preserving plaster with chunks of quartz adhering to back surface; fragment of roughly triangular shape finished on one long edge, perhaps a curvilinear cut on one side. (b) Red, pitted and cleaned. Roughly almond-shaped fragment which may have been chipped to form this shape. (c) Yellow; roughly rectangular fragment preserves corner insert. (d) Translucent turquoise, pitted with bright iridescent film. Fragment preserves three finished edges of a long rectangular strip. Ten additional fragments of this color but from other elements are not numbered.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
