Vase fragment, conventional floral design
Description
Inlay fragment. Roman Period, 1st–3rd Century A.D. Mosaic glass. H. 2.3 × W. 2.1 cm (7/8 × 13/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small, irregular fragment of a Roman-period glass vase decorated with conventional floral/rosette motifs in red, green, blue, and white mosaic-like inlays.
The image shows a chipped glass fragment with a primarily dark blue surface. Over this are applied colored, flower-like elements: a large green four-/five-petal rosette at the center with a blue outline, and multiple smaller red and green floral/rosette units scattered around it. Surrounding motifs include thin, radiating blue/white lines resembling stylized blossoms. The fragment’s edges are broken, indicating it is a portion of a larger vessel. A handwritten/painted red inventory number is visible near the lower edge: “M.2718.” No hieroglyphic, cartouche, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text related to the object is visible beyond the modern/collector marking.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116272724 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.130.2718 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 570450 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.