fragment
Object NameFragment of Bar or Strip in Diamond Pattern
Made FromGlass
Date75 BCE-25 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeOverall H: 1.3 cm, L: 2.5 cm, W: 1 cm
Accession Number68.1.40
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque yellow, opaque red, opaque medium blue, opaque light blue and opaque deep blue, bubbly, some pitting and lightly weathered; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Segment of long, complex bar roughly rectangular in cross section retains a diamond pattern formed by repetitive pointed ovals in groups of four, each oval is a light blue center cased with medium blue and translucent yellow-green tipped with red at each end, within the diamonds formed by this network pattern is a yellow cloverleaf or rosette cased with red in a deep blue matrix.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1968-03-20
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
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