"Rosette"
Object NameInlay
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place Madeprobably Egypt; possibly Italy
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeOverall W: 4 mm, Th: 3 mm, L: 6 mm
Accession Number52.1.15
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionInlay. Canes of opaque yellow, opaque white, opaque red and translucent deep blue glass, dull, one face repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Roughly rectangular fragment preserves half of a four-petal rosette with a yellow round center and oval blue leaves cased in white in a square red matrix.
Provenance
Source
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC
- 1952-02-04
Former Collection
M. A. Mansoor
1880-1950
about 450-650
Comparable Item/Comparable Item
