Fragment of a Dish of Polychrome Mosaic Glass

Fragment of a Dish of Polychrome Mosaic Glass

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Among the glass fragments found at the site of Malqata during the Museum's excavations from 1910-1912 were nine pieces of mosaic glass that probably come from the same dish (11.215.724–.732). The dish was made in a mold and, judging from a rim fragment (11.215.727) and a base fragment (11.215.729), it was about 15 cm (5 7/8 in) in diameter.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragment of a Dish of Polychrome Mosaic GlassFragment of a Dish of Polychrome Mosaic GlassFragment of a Dish of Polychrome Mosaic GlassFragment of a Dish of Polychrome Mosaic GlassFragment of a Dish of Polychrome Mosaic Glass

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.