Glass network mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment of thin glass. Colorless, with opaque white. Almost flat. Seven narrow parallel canes decorated with two spirally twisted threads. Many pinprick bubbles; exterior polished; linear pitting of surface bubbles; one patch of creamy iridescent weathering on interior; rounded, 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