Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment, thin-walled. Translucent purple and opaque white. Vertical rim; convex curving side, tapering downward, becoming slightly thicker. Body decorated with marbled mosaic pattern formed from irregular sections of a single cane in purple ground with white rods and streaks. Exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; pitting and iridescent 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