Glass striped mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent blue, blue largely layered with yellow appearing dull green, purple appearing opaque deep brick red, and opaque yellow, with colorless glass. Convex curving side. Decorated with broad parallel bands, forming a pattern: blue, yellow, red, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, green, blue, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, and brown, with thin separating lines in colorless glass. Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on 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