Glass network mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Colorless, translucent turquoise blue with opaque yellow appearing green, and opaque white. Applied coil rim with vertical, rounded lip; slightly curving side, tapering downward. Rim in yellow with turquoise spiral thread; body decorated with ten parallel vertical canes decorated with double spirally twisted threads. Many pinprick bubbles; exterior polished; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and weathering on interior; weathered 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