Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent blue, opaque white, yellow, and colorless. Applied coil rim with almost flat lip; almost straight vertical side, then curving inward at bottom. Rim in blue with white spiral thread; body decorated with bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming an irregular wavy pattern in blue and colorless glass, with thin white and yellow stripes. Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with slight pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and faint creamy weathering on interior, and some iridescent weathering on 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