Fragments

Group of twenty-seven glass shards

Description

This group of objects consists of glass shards in varying colors of transluscent glass. Included is a round glass fragment, likely from the base of a vase.

Classification

Fragments

Medium

Glass

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

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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