Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, layered light blue and white appearing dull green blue, yellow, and white, with colorless glass. Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; almost straight side, tapering slightly. Rim in blue with fine white and blue spiral threads; body decorated with parallel bands slanting from top left to bottom right, forming a regular pattern with colorless with spiral yellow thread, red, white and yellow stripes on a largely blue ground. Some pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior; some 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