Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent blue and opaque white. Outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; straight side tapering downward. Spiral mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in blue ground with fine spiral white threads and streaks. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on exterior; some weathering of 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