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473. Fragment of a Mosaic Inlay with Floral Theme

Accession Number 76.AF.70.28
Dimensions L. 2.2, W. 1.7, Th. 0.5 cm; Wt. 4.38 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Translucent blue and opaque yellow, green, red, and white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Fusion
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Condition

Fragment polished all around into a rectangular shape in modern times.

Description

On a dark blue background, parts of a red and white flower and parts of distorted lanceolate green and turquoise leaves.

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Unpublished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