Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, opaque yellow and white. Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; convex curving side, tapering downward. Rim in blue with single white spiral thread; body decorated with parallel bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming a regular pattern: blue with double fine white spiral threads, blue, white layered with blue, red, and yellow. Some pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior; some iridescent 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