Condition
Fragment, broken all around.
Description
The same pattern appears on both sides. Could be the body of a fish or eel. Rectangular piece, cut in this shape in antiquity. Along the upper edge, a translucent olive-green band. Along the lower edge, an applied opaque red band. The body is made of rows of florets, each of them composed of a red central rod set in green and yellow layers, on a green background, giving the impression of fish scales.
Comments and Comparanda
For the historical and technological evolution of glass inlays in Pharaonic Egypt and the Roman Empire, see comments on cats. 449 and 460. For maritime motifs on incrustations, see comments on cat. 496.
Provenance
1983, Jiří K. Frel, 1923–2006, donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983
Bibliography
Unpublished
Exhibitions
None