Wall Revetment Panel

Object Name: 
Wall Revetment Panel

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Object Name: 
Wall Revetment Panel
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
probably Rome
Accession Number: 
66.1.96
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 13.7 cm, Th: 0.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Primary Description: 
Random opaque white canes in a brick-red matrix, pitted, heavily weathered with a black scum over a light brown weathering product, some iridescence, repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Irregular fragment preserves a large panel imitating porphyry.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Sangiorgi, Giorgio (Italian, 1886-1965), Former Collection
Sangiorgi, Sergio (Italian), Source
1966
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Opaque white, brick-red
Technique: 
mosaic glass or millefiori technique

Publications (1)

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 251, #742, pl. 34; BIB# 29547