Mosaic glass inlay
Opaque white ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and blue, partly translucent purple and blue green, and colorless glass appearing blue.
Thin, rectangular plaque, cut from a mosaic composite bar, with flat upper and lower faces, and vertical straight sides, with rounded corners; design extends uniformly through the thickness of the plaque.
Front half of crocodile, facing left; front leg in blue; underside of body and jaw in small blue green canes outlined with colorless glass, and bottom of jaw outlined in purple; teeth in white; upper body in purple with yellow scales.
Broken across one end, with rear half of crocodile missing, and some chips along top edge; all surfaces ground and polished; pitting of surface bubbles.
Thin, rectangular plaque, cut from a mosaic composite bar, with flat upper and lower faces, and vertical straight sides, with rounded corners; design extends uniformly through the thickness of the plaque.
Front half of crocodile, facing left; front leg in blue; underside of body and jaw in small blue green canes outlined with colorless glass, and bottom of jaw outlined in purple; teeth in white; upper body in purple with yellow scales.
Broken across one end, with rear half of crocodile missing, and some chips along top edge; all surfaces ground and polished; pitting of surface bubbles.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mosaic glass inlay
- Period: Late Hellenistic or Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–1st century CE
- Culture: Roman, probably Egyptian
- Medium: Glass
- Dimensions: Overall: 7/16 x 1 in. (1.1 x 2.6 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1942
- Object Number: 42.11.41
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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