Group of sixteen glass tesserae and shards

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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