Glass mosaic vessel fragment

Unknown

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

Thick-walled lid fragment. Translucent honey brown and opaque white. Rim with tapering edge, rounded at bottom; convex curving body forming dome, with chamfered band above rim; hole in body. Spiral mosaic pattern formed from lengths of a single cane in a brown ground with wavy white threads. Chipped around hole on upper side; dulling, pitting, and some iridescent weathering on both sides and 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