1977.216.3260: Group of sixteen glass tesserae and shards
Mosaics
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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
- Permissions
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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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