mosaic

Object NameRosette Bar or Strip

Made FromGlass

Date75 BCE-25 CE

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall L: 2 cm; Face D: 1.4 cm

Accession Number66.1.93

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque light green, opaque medium deep blue and translucent amethyst, pitted, surfaces repolished recently, some dulling and weathering on sides; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. This segment of cane roughly square in cross section preserves a large and elaborate rosette consisting of a white center cased with amethyst from which ten petals radiate in a yellow ground, the petals are light green with blue tips, this rosette is in turn cased with amethyst and framed by a continuous string of waves or spirals which in turn are cased in an amethyst ring and finally bordered with a light green square matrix.
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