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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3260
Title
Group of sixteen glass tesserae and shards
Classification
Mosaics
Work Type
tessera
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289628

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue, Green, and Colorless Glass

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
1977.216.3260
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This group of sixteen glass pieces consists of both tesserae (pieces used to form mosaics) and shard (broken pieces of glass). The fragments range in color from an opaque blue to opaque green to transluscent yellow-green.

Verification Level

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