Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, blue and yellow layered together appearing dull green, yellow, and white, with colorless glass. Convex curving side. Body decorated with almost vertical bands, forming a regular pattern: colorless with spiral yellow thread, blue layered with white, purple layered with white, blue layered with white, colorless with spiral yellow thread, and green. A few pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and iridescent weathering on 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