plaque
Object NameWall Revetment Plaque
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome
TechniqueMosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeOverall W: 4 cm, D: 3.2 cm
Accession Number66.1.89
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of colorless glass with a blue-green tinge in an opaque white matrix, dull heavily weathered surface, cut in half and mounted on a piece of modern glass; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment preserves a delicate overall pattern of circular, triangular and square canes with blue centers cased with white and in turn cased with blue which appear almost black in reflected light but almost colorless in transmitted light.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
999 BCE-999 CE
1400-1085 BCE
1400-1350 BCE
