Glass mosaic inlay

Egyptian, Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and red.
Rectangular, thin, flat plaque, with slightly beveled edges.
Five-pointed star motif, with yellow center encircled with red, and rays in white.
Broken and repaired, with most of right edge missing; upper side ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles, dulling and faint weathering on edges and back.

This inlay is part of a border strip, made up of two sections cut from the same cane of mosaic glass.

Glass mosaic inlay, Glass, Egyptian, Roman

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