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489. Fragment of a Mosaic Inlay with Geometrical Motif

Accession Number 83.AF.28.25
Dimensions L. 1.4, W. 1.0, Th. 0.5 cm; Wt. 1.01 g
Date First century BCE–first century CE
Production Area Egypt or Italy
Material Translucent purple and green and opaque yellow glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Fusion
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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Unpublished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