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474. Fragment of a Mosaic Inlay with Floral Theme

Accession Number 76.AF.70.30
Dimensions L. 3.1, W. 2.4, Th. 0.5 cm; Wt. 7.00 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Translucent dark blue and opaque green, yellow, turquoise, red, and white glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Fusion
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Condition

Fragment, broken all around.

Description

The following floral features are partly preserved on a translucent dark blue (appearing black) background: two long stems with five rows of green and turquoise lanceolate leaves; two quatrefoil white and red flowers; three yellow rods set in white spots, probably buds or grains.

Most of the motifs are distorted on the back side.

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Unpublished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