Mosaic Plaque with Flowers

Object Name: 
Mosaic Plaque with Flowers

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Object Name: 
Mosaic Plaque with Flowers
Place Made: 
Egypt
Roman Empire
Italy
Accession Number: 
59.1.103
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.6 cm, W: 3 cm, Th: 0.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
Opaque green glass matrix with strips of translucent amethyst backing, canes of opaque light green, amethyst, opaque yellow, opaque white and opaque red, surface pitting and some traces of weathering, recently polished; mosaic glass technique. Long rectangular strip with repetitive floral motif; yellow three-petaled unit each outlined with amethyst with two stylized anthers terminating in red dots surrounded by light green, all elements spring from a stylized rectangular sepal formed of alternating amethyst and white strips.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Category: 
Origins of Glassmaking
Roman
Color: 
green
amethyst
yellow
opaque white glass
red
Technique: 
mosaic glass
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (3)

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1995-06-03 through 1995-10-22
Title Unknown (Bergstrom Art Center)
Venue(s)
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum 1976-06 through 1976-06
 
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Publications (2)

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, pp. 221-222, #641, pl. 32; BIB# 29547
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, pp. 75-77, #117; BIB# 27315