Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment, thin-walled. Translucent deep honey brown and opaque white. Convex curving side tapering downward to bottom. Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with irregular wavy white threads in parallel lines; on exterior, three vertical shallow ribs, fairly widely spaced, with rounded outer edges and ending around bottom. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and small patches of creamy weathering on exterior; creamy iridescent weathering covering interior; some weathering on jagged 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