Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Thin-walled body fragment of bowl. Translucent purple, opaque white and yellow. Convex curving side. Mosaic pattern formed from sections of two canes: one in purple ground with a central white dot within a white circle, the other in purple ground outlined in white with a circle of yellow dots. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; pitting and creamy weathering on interior and 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