Condition
Fragment, broken all around.
Description
Translucent purple ground that appears as black, against which are yellow rods set on a translucent green background; distortion makes these appear as yellow lengths set in green.
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
1983, Jiří K. Frel, 1923–2006, donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983
Bibliography
Unpublished
Exhibitions
None