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Object NameFused Mosaic Inlay Fragment
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Egypt; possibly Italy
Techniquepolished, mosaic glass technique
SizeOverall H: 2.9 cm, W: 3.1 cm, Th: 7 mm
Accession Number54.1.26
Credit LineGift of Fahim Kouchakji
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFused Mosaic Inlay Fragment. Opaque green glass matrix with translucent amethyst backing, canes of opaque yellow, opaque white and opaque red, apparently polished; mosaic glass technique. Fragment of long rectangular strip with repetitive floral motif; preserves lower section of three stylized leaves in yellow outlined with amethyst and emerging from a stylized rectangular sepal composed of alternating bands of amethyst and white outlined in amethyst; below this the upper portion of two anthers in yellow with red centers are preserved above the break in the lower edge.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976) - 1954-06-01
