Condition
Fragment. Possibly one curved edge from the original piece.
Description
Indiscernible motif on an olive-green background. Along the curved edge is a light blue and a green band. Two individual motifs are partly preserved. One, which is closer to the outer edge, consists of dark purple (seemingly black) concentric ovals in red, white, and black layers; over and adjacent to this shape, red and purplish features. The second consists of concentric ovals with a central green set in yellow, in red, and in green; adjacent is a turquoise blob on the one side and an elongated red and purplish one on the other.
On the back side, bands are visible, and for the part, the olive-green background is visible.
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Unpublished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