fragment
Object NameInlay fragment
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place Madepossibly Egypt; possibly Italy
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique
Sizeoverall W: 1.5 cm, L: 2 cm, Th: 5 mm
Accession Number52.1.11
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionInlay fragment. Canes of opaque red, opaque yellow and translucent greenish-blue glass, pitted and devitrifying; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Roughly rectangular inlay preserves repetitive pattern of blue rosettes formed by four pointed oval shaped leaves cased in yellow floating in a red matrix.Provenance
Source
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC
- 1952-02-04
Former Collection
M. A. Mansoor
