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478. Floral Plaque Fragment

Accession Number 76.AF.70.20
Dimensions L. 2.7, W. 1.8, Th. 0.3 cm; Wt. 3.23 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Opaque yellow and white and translucent bluish and purple glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Fusion
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Condition

Fragment ground into an oval.

Description

In a translucent bluish matrix three flowers are visible. The first has six yellow petals set in white arranged around a central yellow rod set in white. The second is round with a white square crossed by a translucent purple X, set in three concentric layers of yellow, becoming less intense toward the outer edge. The third has a wide central green rod surrounded by a layer of small purple dots set in yellow. Along one edge, an elongated, striped feature is partly preserved.

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Unpublished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