mosaic

Object NameFloral Frieze Strip

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall W: 1.3 cm, H: 1 cm, Th: 0.5 cm

Accession Number76.1.84

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Italy; possibly Egypt

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque red, opaque yellow, opaque white, turquoise and amethyst glass, dull, pitted surface; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, cut and polished. Horizontal strip preserving two repetitive patterns, a palmette with a turquoise center with yellow and red leaves cased in amethyst spring from a red base and amethyst volutes next to a stylized ivy motif with four symmetrical leaves and two symmetrical flowers in opaque white, the motif springs from a turquoise base with an amethyst volute, all are set in an opaque yellow matrix.
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