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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3264
Title
Group of thirty-three glass tesserae
Classification
Mosaics
Work Type
tessera
Date
1st-5th century CE
Period
Roman period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289243

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass tesserae

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss E. Bayliss, gift; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University, 1913, transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Miss E. Bayliss Received 11-17-1913
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.3264
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Group of thirty-three glass tesserae in opaque blue and green as well as transluscent brown and yellow-green. Glass tesserae were most often used on wall mosaics (as opposed to floor mosaics).

Verification Level

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