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Roman
Imperial Period
about 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Glass, Mosaic
Dimensions
Diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8235
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Ancient Glass (MFA), no. 19.
DescriptionOf two layers, the lower one white, the upper dark blue (now iridescent). In the dark blue a pattern of two acanthus leaves, the outlines of which are gold wire, the leaves themselves bright green.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901