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Object Name13 Fragments of Monochrome Revetment Inlays
Made FromGlass
Date99-1 BCE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Egypt
Techniquecast, cut
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number64.1.225
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of George S. McKearin
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque deep blue, opaque medium blue, opaque red, translucent turquoise and yellow-green glass, pitted with some iridescence. Cast and cut. (A) Chunk of deep blue with one curved face, possibly part of a column drum. (B) Sliver, roughly rectangular of same material. (C) Same color, roughly rectangular with notch on one side, broken on one end. (D-G) Two joining and two non-joining long rectangular strips of medium blue glass finished on one flat side. (H) Diamond of turquoise glass. (I) Similar glass slightly more blue. Four-sided element with two parallel sides. (J) Similar piece with one tip broken. (L) Red with "black" bands, triangular shape, one tip broken. (M) Similar glass, rectangular piece, side chipped into parallel curves.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1964-09-09
