Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Bottom fragment. Translucent purple, cobalt blue, and opaque white. Thick convex curving bottom. Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a purple ground with irregular white splashes and wavy white and blue threads in parallel lines. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; creamy iridescent weathering covering most of interior; iridescence on edges. Possibly reworked into a disk in antiquity. Probably part of the concave base of a ribbed bowl.

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