fragment

Object NameFragment of Bar with Palmette Pattern

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall L: 3.5 cm, W: 2.5 cm, Th: 1 cm

Accession Number68.1.36

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; probably Rome

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque yellow, opaque red, opaque white in an opaque medium blue matrix, pitted, repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment preserving the upper portion of an elaborate palmette or architectural antefix formed from trails of blue, yellow and red springing up from a triangular base of red with some white canes in center on either side two volutes.
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