A group of seven Roman fresco fragments, Roman Imperial, ca. 1st century AD Vessels - Faience Worked from a high-quality green

Worked from a high-quality green jade with good translucency

was part of the 1976 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Treasures of Tutankhamun Exhibit

Medium:  Ceramic

285-287) but are very rare to be found in silver

Amasis adorned the temples of Lower Egypt

A group of seven Roman fresco fragments, Roman Imperial, ca. 1st century AD Vessels - Faience Worked from a high-quality greenDelicately painted in blue, white, green, brown, red and yellow polychrome. These small fragments seem to belong to the second style of Roman painting, red panels representing highlight and shadow, decorated with vegetal interlaces. Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet. Roman frescoes are the only surviving type of Roman painting, although literary references speak of painting on wood, ivory, and other materials. Frescoes were used