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Object NameHalf of Mosaic Plaque with Golden Courtesan
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Rome; possibly Alexandria
TechniqueMosaic glass or millefiori technique, cut, polished
SizeOverall H: 3.3 cm, W: 1.5 cm, Th: 0.4 cm
Accession Number67.1.6
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Interpretive Notes
The Golden Courtesan was a character in the New Comedy.
Physical DescriptionHalf of Mosaic Plaque with Golden Courtesan. Translucent medium gray-blue glass background with canes of opaque white, opaque red, opaque yellow, translucent aquamarine and translucent yellow-green glass; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, cut and repolished recently. Slice of a large inlay plaque preserving half of a female head; the face and eye modeled in opaque white with features in blue, lips and hair in red, delineation of hair yellow-green above a stylized floral filet in yellow with an oval jewel in aquamarine at the center, all on a medium gray-blue ground.
Provenance
Source Münzen & Medaillen A. G. - 1967