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464. Fragment of a Mosaic Inlay with Floral Theme

Accession Number 76.AF.70.40
Dimensions L. 1.6, W. 2.1, Th. 0.5 cm; Wt. 2.61 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Translucent green and opaque turquoise, yellow, white, and red glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Fusion
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Condition

Fragment, broken all around.

Description

Translucent green matrix. One six-petal white flower with red circular center; a yellow stem with green and turquoise lanceolate leaves; and a row of yellow dots outlined in white, probably a wheat ear.

On the back side the motifs are distorted, forming banded patterns.

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

By 1976, Bruce McNall, donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1976

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None