Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent purple and blue, opaque white and yellow, and colorless. Part of flat bottom and convex curving side expanding upward. Mosaic pattern formed from sections of two or more canes: one in a purple ground with white dots around a blue center outlined in white, and another in parallel bands of yellow, partially mixed with colorless, and blue and white stripes. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and joins between canes; dulling, pitting, and slight iridescent weathering on interior and 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