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Translucent cobalt blue over opaque white, with opaque pale green inlay.
Circular plaque with convex upper surface and slightly beveled edge.
On upper surface, a vine leaf outlined in gold wire and inlaid with monochrome glass.
Intact; many surface scratches and dulling on upper surface, pitting and faint iridescent weathering on underside and edge.
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Title: Glass and gold inlay
Period: Early Imperial
Date: late 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Diam.: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.387
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