Glass mosaic fragment
Unknown Artist
Body fragment.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue appearing deep blue green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Convex curving side, with one long edge trimmed into a straight line.
Composite pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a hollow white circle and a small, inner yellow circle around blue (?) ground with a central white rod; a second in a turquoise blue ground outlined in white and a circle of white dots around a red circle and central yellow rod, and the third in a turquoise blue ground with a circle of yellow dots around red and white circle and a central yellow rod.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and creamy iridescent weathering on interior and jagged edges.
Credit: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.
Glass; cast
1.6 x 2.7 cm
91.1.1979
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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