Mosaic Patella (Small Cup)

1st century BCE-4th century CE (Roman Imperial)

9.9 cm 4.2 cm

Citation

This patella is composed of brown, yellow, and red mosaic glass discs fused together and shaped into a cup over a form.

Artifact

id	id 6987
contentType	contentType object
stage	stage normalized
provenance	provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri	rightsUri CC0
language	language en
pageCount	pageCount 0
source	source import

Source image fields (2)

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sourceUrl	https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.184

Culture

Roman

Medium

glass

Genre

bowls (vessels)

createdBy

Roman