Glass mosaic bowl

Unknown

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

Translucent purple body with opaque white and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncertain. Horizontal rim with rounded, slightly downturned edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with numerous white rods surrounding a white circle filled with a red rod. Intact; slight pitting, dulling, and patches of iridescent weathering on interior and covering all of exterior and base ring.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971