Glass network mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent blue, opaque white, and colorless. Applied coil rim with vertical rounded lip; slightly tapering side. Rim in blue with white spiral thread; body decorated with sixteen colorless vertical narrow canes, decorated with double spiral white threads. Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy iridescence weathering on interior; jagged, weathered edges. The join between the two ends of the coil rim is clearly visible towards the right end of the fragment.

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