EditorialCollecting straw bundles. Mosaic (1st half 3rd CE) from a series showing agricultural work throughout the year, from Saint Romain-en-Gal, France.
EditorialFive dead thrushes strung on a cord. Detail of the mosaic pavement in the dining hall of a house near Jem (Thysdrus), Tunisia (late 2nd CE). 95 x 97 cm.
EditorialMosaic glass fragment, glass, millefiori technique, Total: Height: 1.70 cm; Width: 1.90 cm, Floor coverings, wall decorations, floral ornaments, Early Imperial Period, The small glass fragment shows a large four-leaf flower of blue leaves with a white ...
EditorialA Group of Mosaic Tilework Fragments, Tile fragments, last quarter 15th century, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Stonepaste; polychrome glazed tiles, set into clay, Tiles are currently being housed in 20 trays. Footprint of trays is approximately...
EditorialA mosaic of thirteen images of the southern sky taken by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite spacecraft during its first year of observations, including the Eridanus constellation, the approximate location of TIC 168789840. (NASA/MIT/TESS and Ethan Kruse (USRA) via The New York Times)
EditorialGlass mosaic bottle, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, 1st half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and blown, and tooled, 2 7/16in. (6.2cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, almost opaque deep purple, and opaque white. Everted, horizontal rim with an...
EditorialGlass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and tooled, Other: 3/4 x 1 15/16 in. (1.9 x 4.9 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Translucent cobalt blue, purple, opaque white and yellow., C...
EditorialGlass striped mosaic fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. (2.1 x 3.4 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Translucent purple, turquoise blue and opaque yellow appearing green, opaque...
EditorialGlass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and tooled, Other: 1 1/16 x 11/16 in. (2.7 x 1.7 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Translucent blue and opaque white., Shallow curving side., ...
EditorialGlass mosaic carinated bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 3/4 x 1 in. (2 x 2.6 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Translucent purple, light blue appearing green, opaque white and yellow, and...
EditorialGlass mosaic bowl fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 11/16 x 1 5/8 in. (1.7 x 4.2 cm); estimated diam. of rim 4 7/8 in. (15 cm), Glass, Rim fragment., Translucent deep purple appearing bla...
EditorialMosaic glass fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 15/16 x 1 1/16 in. (2.3 x 2.8 cm), Glass, Body fragment., Translucent deep purple, pale greyish blue, opaque white and yellow., Convex curvi...
EditorialGlass gold-band mosaic bottle, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, 1st half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and blown, H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, purple, and emerald green, opaque white, and colorless encasing gold leaf....
EditorialGlass mosaic bowl, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Diameter: 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (9.6 x 3.8 x 4.2 cm), Glass, Translucent purple body with opaque white and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncert...
EditorialGlass gold-band mosaic bottle, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, 1st half of 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast and blown, and cut, H. 2 in. (5.1 cm.), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, translucent turquoise blue and opaque yellow partially mixed togethe...
EditorialJubako with inlaid gold leaf rectangles, rectangular stacking box of two trays and a slightly convex lid, becoming less deep upwards. Decorated with a mosaic of inlaid gold leaf, with larger squares scattered against a background of smaller rectangles....
EditorialSaucer with a bird on a branch in a medallion, Porcelain dish with spreading wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, brown, black and gold. The inner wall is covered with light green with a medallion in the center in which a bird ...
EditorialMosaic Fragment with Man Leading a Giraffe. Byzantine; Syria or Lebanon. Date: 401 AD-500 AD. Dimensions: 170.8 ? 167 ? 6.35 cm (67 1/4 ? 65 3/4 ? 2 1/2 in.). Stone in mortar. Origin: Tyre.
EditorialInlay, rosette, Ptolemaic Period?Roman Period, 100 BC?100 AD, From Egypt, Glass, H. 1.1 ? W. 1.1 cm (7/16 ? 7/16 in.), A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition was made by bundling colored gl...
EditorialMosaic Fragment with Man Leading a Giraffe. Byzantine; Syria or Lebanon. Date: 401 AD-500 AD. Dimensions: 170.8 ? 167 ? 6.35 cm (67 1/4 ? 65 3/4 ? 2 1/2 in.). Stone in mortar. Origin: Tyre.
EditorialMosaic Fragment with Man Leading a Giraffe. Byzantine; Syria or Lebanon. Date: 401 AD-500 AD. Dimensions: 170.8 ? 167 ? 6.35 cm (67 1/4 ? 65 3/4 ? 2 1/2 in.). Stone in mortar. Origin: Tyre.
EditorialCollecting straw bundles. Mosaic (1st half 3rd CE) from a series showing agricultural work throughout the year, from Saint Romain-en-Gal, France.