Mosaic glass inlay

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 166

Translucent cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, red, reddish brown, and greyish green.
Square, flat plaque with beveled edges.
Symmetrical lotus and palmette motif arranged around a central four-petaled rosette, with a long lotus flower at each corner with spiral volutes below forming a frame to the central rosette, and a short palmette on each side.
Intact, with one surface crack running from edge on one side; upper and underside and all edges ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles.

Mosaic glass inlay, Glass, Roman

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