About this artwork
In ancient Rome, there was a high demand for colorful glass that could dazzle banquet guests alongside the expensive silver and gold serving wares meant to impress. Artisans employed a variety of techniques to create colorful patterns like the one seen in this fragment, which would have once been a part of a larger dish.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
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Artist
- Ancient Roman
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Title
- Fragment of an Inlay
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Place
- Roman Empire (Object made in)
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Date
- 100 BCE–100 CE
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Medium
- Glass, core-formed technique
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Dimensions
- 1.6 × 1.8 × 0.2 cm (5/8 × 3/4 × 1/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
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Reference Number
- 1949.1324
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/67984/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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