Glass mosaic bowl

Unknown

2nd–mid-1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless, translucent honey brown, translucent turquoise blue, appearing green, opaque white, opaque yellow, and opaque light blue. Vertical rim with rounded edge; shallow, convex side, tapering downward to broad, slightly convex bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and square segments of four canes: the first in a brown ground with a white spiral; the second in a turquoise blue ground with a yellow spiral and central brown dot; the third in a colorless ground with a white spiral and central brown dot, and the fourth in blue segments. A brown cane wound spirally with a single white thread is attached as a rim. Broken and repaired, but complete; slight pitting and dulling, three areas of creamy white iridescent weathering; two holes drilled in side below rim. Rotary grinding marks on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–mid-1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, probably Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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