Fragment with Eve

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Object Name: 
Fragment with Eve
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
66.1.202
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.4 cm, W: 2.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
300-399
Primary Description: 
Colorless, translucent blue glasses; gold sandwich. Roughly oval disc; gold leaf panel applied to underside and covered with translucent blue glass blob. Panel has octagonal border containing naked female, half-turned to front, walking towards left with right arm raised and left arm and hand covering breast and genitals; to right and left, schematic tree; in field, fine dots.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Sangiorgi, Giorgio (Italian, 1886-1965), Former Collection
Sangiorgi, Sergio (Italian), Source
1966
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
blue
colorless
gold
Technique: 
sandwich glass
Material: 
glass
gold leaf

Publications (3)

A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum (2015) illustrated, p. 104;
Richard La Londe and Friends (2009) illustrated, p. 155; BIB# 112312
Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume Two (2001) pp. 244-245, pl. 833; BIB# 58895