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462. Fragment of a Mosaic Inlay with Floral Theme

Accession Number 83.AF.28.21
Dimensions L. 3.4, W. 2.9 cm; Wt. 7.28 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Translucent green and opaque yellow, red, and white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Fusion
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Condition

Fragment, broken all around.

Description

Part of a mosaic inlay with floral motifs. On the preserved fragment, the following are depicted: a central vertical yellow stem with five elongated yellow-in-green leaves; two large, fan-shaped red and white flowers flank the stem; above it are three greenish-yellow stems with light blue and white leaves that probably ended in red, tulip-shaped flowers (cf. , no. 647).

On the back side are visible banded red and dark-colored reinforcing patches of glass.

Comments and Comparanda

For the historical and technological evolution of glass inlays in Pharaonic Egypt and the Roman Empire, see comments on cats. 449 and 460.

Provenance

1983, Jiří K. Frel, 1923–2006, donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None