fragment
Object Name11 Millefiori Fragments
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire
Techniquepressed with Millefiori decoration
Accession Number51.1.233
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionMillefiori Fragment. Opaque glass; some objects show slight weathering; pressed with Millefiori decoration: (I) part of the rim of a large bowl; dark brown background with blossoms in green, yellow and red and with yellow spots; (II) blackish with ocher mosaic pattern; (III) brownish background, blossoms in yellow and green, white spots; (IV) light brown background, blossoms in green and yellow with red center, white spots; (V) blossoms and leaves in green, yellow and red; (VI) brownish background, blue blossoms with red center, yellow spots; (VII) white circles on a blue background; (VIII) blossoms in yellow with red edge and blue center in-between white and blue mosaic pattern; (IX) part of a small circular plate; in a brown background with white spots blossoms in green and yellow with blue center; (X) Missing 2/77 - a yellow blossom (?) and light brown, white and green spots with dark brown contours; (XI) part of a rim (of a bowl?); yellow mosaic pattern on a violet background; (XII) a tile? Brown, white and yellowish marble pattern.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek)
