Gold Glass Medallion with a Mother and Child

Gold Glass Medallion with a Mother and Child

Gold Glass Medallion with a Mother and Child, early 4th century, Roman, probably Alexandria, Egypt, shown 18th (?) century frame, glass and gold leaf, 4.8 x 0.5 cm, New York City, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum Description: "The mother, a fashionably coiffed matron, is shown with her son. He wears a large gold pectoral, or neck ring. Medallions like this one, meant to be worn as jewelry, are closely associated with Alexandria.”

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/463989

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 17.190.109a