Inlay fragment

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Object Name: 
Inlay fragment
Place Made: 
possibly Egypt
possibly Italy
Accession Number: 
52.1.11
Dimensions: 
overall W: 1.5 cm, L: 2 cm, Th: 5 mm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
99 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
Inlay fragment. Canes of opaque red, opaque yellow and translucent greenish-blue glass, pitted and devitrifying; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Roughly rectangular inlay preserves repetitive pattern of blue rosettes formed by four pointed oval shaped leaves cased in yellow floating in a red matrix.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Mansoor, M. A., Former Collection
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC, Source
1952-02-04
Color: 
Opaque red, opaque yellow
Technique: 
mosaic glass or millefiori technique