Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Body fragment. Translucent turquoise blue, partially layered with opaque yellow and appearing green, purple, opaque white and yellow, and colorless. Shallow curving side or bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a hollow white circle and a central white rod; a second in a colorless ground with a large white spiral around a central purple ground containing a yellow rod, and the third in a turquoise blue ground with a yellow spiral. Polished exterior; deep pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior and jagged edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891