revetment
Object NameWall Revetment Panel
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique, scored, cut
SizeOverall W: 8.8 cm, D: 5.5 cm, Th: 0.5 cm
Accession Number66.1.101
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque brick-red glass with "veins" of opaque orange, pitted, heavily weathered and broken on edges, repolished recently on one face; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, probably scored and cut. Fragment preserves two finished edges of a large revetment panel probably imitating an exotic porphyry.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
