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Fragment of Gold Glass Mosaic
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Fragment of a mosaic consisting of gold glass tesserae. The use of gold glass suggests that this mosaic was located on a wall (as opposed to a floor pavement).
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Miss E. Bayliss gift; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University 1913 transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum 1977.
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
Title: Fragment of Gold Glass Mosaic
Description:
Fragment of a mosaic consisting of gold glass tesserae.
The use of gold glass suggests that this mosaic was located on a wall (as opposed to a floor pavement).
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