Glass mosaic bowl fragments

Unknown

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

Translucent deep turquoise blue, opaque white, yellow, and red. Hemispherical bowl fragment with a vertical rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single composite cane in a turquoise ground with a yellow spiral and central dot in red; interspersed with this cane are three small irregular segments in solid white. A network cane wound spirally with blue, yellow, white, and red trails is attached as a rim. One of the white segments only appears on the interior of the side. Broken and repaired from eight pieces, with one hole in rim and another in side; on interior, dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering, and on exterior, pitting of surface bubbles and modern polishing.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917