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485. Fragment of a Mosaic Inlay with Marbled Motif

Accession Number 76.AF.70.45
Dimensions L. 1.7, W. 1.6, Th. 0.2 cm; Wt. 1.70 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Opaque white and translucent purple glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Assembled from fused composite canes; slumped and rotary pressed
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Condition

Fragment; three straight sides that form a rectangle are preserved.

Description

The pattern is marbled, with faint, irregular white veins on dark purple background.

Comments and Comparanda

For the historical and technological evolution of glass inlays in Pharaonic Egypt and the Roman Empire, see comments on cat. 449. For vessels with the same pattern, see cat. 132.

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None