Mosaic Tesserae

Byzantine

6th–15th century

Not on view

These fifty pieces of tesserae (small pieces of colored material) may have come from a Byzantine mosaic.

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Title: Mosaic Tesserae
Date: 6th–15th century
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Glass, gold and silver leaf
Dimensions: largest: 9/16 × 9/16 × 3/16 in. (1.4 × 1.4 × 0.5 cm)
smallest: 3/8 × 5/16 × 3/16 in. (1 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm)
Classification: Mosaics
Credit Line: Gift of Augusto (?) Agarri, 1928
Object Number: 2016.11.1–.50
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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