Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent honey brown, deep purple appearing black, and opaque white. Tall, outsplayed base ring, with convex curving side on interior and rounded bottom edge; irregular small circular indents on exterior. Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from lengths of one or more canes in a purple and brown ground with fine white threads, partially appearing yellow, in parallel lines, set between broad white bands. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and weathering in indents on exterior; creamy weathering and some iridescence on interior and jagged edges. This fragment is part of a flaring base ring, probably belonging to a deep ribbed bowl.

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