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476. Floral Plaque Fragment

Accession Number 76.AF.70.5
Dimensions L. 3.4, W. 2.2, Th. 0.6 cm; Wt. 5.38 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Translucent blue and opaque red and yellow glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Fusion
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Condition

Fragment, broken all around.

Description

In a dark blue matrix, parts of three red flowers. The one better preserved is a closed bud with red petals stemming from a yellow stalk and sepals.

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Unpublished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