fragment

Object NameFragment of Wall Revetment Inlay

Made FromGlass, Stone

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome

TechniqueMosaic or millefiori, repolished

SizeOverall H: 3.8 cm, W: 4.6 cm

Accession Number76.1.50

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque greenish-yellow and opaque red in bright translucent green matrix, pitted, cut in half and mounted on a stone plaque, repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment appears to have been cut into a regular polygonal pattern before it was mounted; design appears to be stylized leaf or tree with yellow trumpet-shaped stem on top of progressively larger heart-shaped stylized leaf elements resembling an evergreen, each of these leaf elements contains a white center case with greenish-yellow and outlined with bright red on a bright green background.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)