reallyoldglass:Decorative Plaques with Plant Motifs1st century BC - 1st century ADEgyptMiho MuseumFr
reallyoldglass:Decorative Plaques with Plant Motifs1st century BC - 1st century ADEgyptMiho MuseumFrom the Ptolemaic period through the early Imperial Roman period, mosaic glass was made into a variety of decorative panels showing stylized floral patterns or abstract patterns resembling flowers, in addition to the more specific expression of individual human or vegetable forms. These would have been made to fit the shape of the inlay being applied to furnishings or small boxes, and thus finished in circular, square, polyhedral, vertical and horizontal rectangles, or curved forms. The majority of these decorative panel motifs were widely used as decoration in Greek architecture, or in the wall paintings and stucco of the Roman period. -- source link