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483. Fragment of a Mosaic Inlay with Marbled Motif

Accession Number 76.AF.70.26
Dimensions L. 3.3, W. 2.4, Th. 0.7 cm; Wt. 7.00 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Opaque yellow and purple glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Fusion
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Condition

Fragment, broken all around.

Description

On one side is a wavy pattern of yellow and purple glass imitating agate or onyx. The other side bears a multicolored pattern of layers of green, blue, red, white, and yellow glass.

Comments and Comparanda

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

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None