Currently not on view
Fragment of an inlay,
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
y1930-502 c
Information
Title
Fragment of an inlay
Dates
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Medium
Opaque yellow, red, white, brown/purple, and green glass on translucent blue ground
Dimensions
3.4 x 3.8 x 0.5 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1930-502 c
Place Made
Italy ?
Description
Plaque with floral decoration. The following motifs are discernable, set in translucent blue ground: a quatrefoil rosette formed by sequential layers of yellow, white, and red; a yellow disk containing a purple cross set in white and yellow; a yellow tendril, set within a thin white layer, ending in a grape-like flower cluster; a multi-petaled white flower with red and yellow stamens. The last element was already broken when it was fused into the inlay; the plaque preserves its original rounded edge.
Materials
Subject
Purchased by the Museum from John Khayat
