Glass plaque fragment

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 166

Translucent deep honey brown and opaque light blue.

Rectangular flat plaque, with major axis vertical; beveled upper edges, grozed at top and on back surface.

Decoration in high relief: upper part of a draped female, facing right, hair tied with long, flowing headband, holding tall slender thyrsus in outstretched proper left hand. On back, thick undecorated layer of brown.

Broken and missing lower part of plaque, with only small part of left edge remaining; dulling and slight pitting of upper surface; iridescence and creamy white weathering on back.

Glass plaque fragment, Glass, Roman

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