fragment

Object NameFragment of a Composite Molding Strip

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Techniquemosaic glass

SizeOverall H: 4.8 cm

Accession Number59.1.563 E

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Egypt; possibly Italy

Physical DescriptionTranslucent medium to deep blue glass with strips or trails of opaque white, heavily weathered with thin iridescent film flaking off; mosaic glass technique. A long rectangular strip, almost square in cross section, appears an inlay cane, in cross section an opaque white strip forms one arm of a cross, two narrower opaque red strips form the opposing arm, the square is filled out with strips of deep blue.
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