MosaicsRoman1st-5th century CE
Group of thirty-three glass tesserae
1st-5th century CE
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).
Provenance
Miss E. Bayliss, gift; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University, 1913, transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.
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