Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent honey brown, blue, and opaque white. Vertical, flattened rim; convex curving side, tapering downward. Body decorated with mosaic pattern formed from irregular sections of a single cane in brown ground with blue bands and white lines and streaks. Exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; creamy weathering on rim, interior, 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