Currently not on view
Fragment of an inlay,
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Hellenistic to Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
y1931-10 e
Information
Title
Fragment of an inlay
Dates
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Medium
Opaque yellow, red, white, gray, and green glass on translucent blue ground
Dimensions
3 x 4 cm, th. 0.47-0.55 cm (1 3/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase or gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
y1931-10 e
Place Made
Egypt ?
Place Collected
Europe, Italy, Rome
Description
Plaque with floral decoration. The following motifs are discernable, set in translucent blue ground: three yellow tulip-like flowers with yellow stems and two pairs of lanceolate gray leaves, the stems emerging from a discoid element made of concentric gray, yellow, and red circles. The flowers probably originally were flanked by two yellow-in-white flower clusters resembling grapes. A second, identical discoid element is partly preserved at lower right. Seemingly unconnected to the main composition is a white-petaled flower with yellow stamens, partly preserved at the right edge of the plaque.
Materials
Subject
Probably purchased by Frank Jewett Mather Jr. in Rome; either purchased by or given to the Museum by at least 1931
