Currently not on view
Fragment of an inlay,
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
y1952-48
Information
Title
Fragment of an inlay
Dates
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Medium
Opaque yellow, red, white, and green glass on translucent blue ground
Dimensions
4.1 x 1.9 cm (1 5/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1952-48
Place Made
Egypt ?
Description
Plaque with floral decoration. The following motifs are discernable, set in translucent blue ground: tulip-like red flowers with yellow stem and sepals, flanked by oval yellow and green leaves. There are two seemingly unrelated semicircular red and white motifs, possibly broken remnants of floral motifs that were used to fill up the space.
Type
Materials
Subject
Purchased by the Museum in October 1951 from the Robert Garrett Collection, sold at Kende Galleries, lot no. 64
- Anton Carel Kisa, Das Glas im Altertume, (Leipzig, K. W. Hiersemann, 1908). , Vol. 2: pp. 501ff
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Egyptian, Greek & Roman antiquities: pottery, bronzes, sculputres, necklaces, iridescent glass, a gold victory wreath; Mexican & Central American pre-Columbian art; Japanese ivory carvings; Chinese jade; European ivories & objets d'art; bronze groups, (New York: Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, 1951).
, cat. no. 64 - Anastassios Antonaras, Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012), cat. no. 504 (illus.)
