Mosaic glass inlay
Opaque streaky red ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and red, partly translucent purple appearing black and light blue, and colorless glass.
Thin, rectangular plaque, cut from a mosaic composite bar, with flat front, uneven back, and vertical straight sides, with sharp corners; design extends uniformly through the thickness of the plaque.
Proper right side of female head with white face, outlined in purple; features delineated in blue, with red lips; hair in rows of purple tresses outlined in yellow, with three corkscrew curls hanging below side of face; above hair, another thick outline in purple and yellow diadem with four projecting spikes.
Intact, but some chips along edges; glossy surfaces to back and edges; front ground and polished; pitting of surface bubbles.
Thin, rectangular plaque, cut from a mosaic composite bar, with flat front, uneven back, and vertical straight sides, with sharp corners; design extends uniformly through the thickness of the plaque.
Proper right side of female head with white face, outlined in purple; features delineated in blue, with red lips; hair in rows of purple tresses outlined in yellow, with three corkscrew curls hanging below side of face; above hair, another thick outline in purple and yellow diadem with four projecting spikes.
Intact, but some chips along edges; glossy surfaces to back and edges; front ground and polished; pitting of surface bubbles.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mosaic glass inlay
- Period: Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century BCE–1st century CE
- Culture: Roman, probably Egyptian
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/16 x 9/16 in. (3 x 1.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1942
- Object Number: 42.11.37
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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late 1st century BCE–1st century CE
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late 1st century BCE
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