Ancient Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Catalogue

Accession Number	76.AF.70.8
Dimensions	W. 4.3, L. 2.2, Th. 0.5 cm; Wt. 6.59 g
Date	First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area	Egypt or Italy
Material	Opaque white and translucent purple and amber-colored glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration	Fusion

Condition

Fragment, broken all around.

Indiscernible pattern. Florets of white rods set in purple and stripes of amber, beige, and white glass.

For the historical and technological evolution of glass inlays in Pharaonic Egypt and the Roman Empire, see comments on cat. 449.

By 1976, Bruce McNall, donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1976

Unpublished

None