Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Thin-walled body fragment of bowl. Translucent purple, light blue partly mixed with yellow appearing green, opaque white and yellow. Convex curving side. Mosaic pattern formed from sections of four canes: one in purple ground with a white circle and a central yellow dot, a second in purple ground with a pattern of yellow dots, a third in blue ground with a central yellow dot and a radiating yellow spiral, and a fourth in purple ground with white circle and a central green spot outlined in yellow. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; pitting and iridescent 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