Glass mosaic bowl

Unknown

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

Semi-opaque deep purple, appearing black, opaque white, opaque yellow, and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncertain, but including trails of yellow and blue, appearing opaque green. Outsplayed rim with uneven rounded lip; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; slightly 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 outlined in white, each with a ring of yellow rods around concentric circles in yellow and red and a central white dot. Broken and repaired, but complete; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering.

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