Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, turquoise blue, opaque white, yellow, layered blue and yellow appearing green, with colorless glass. Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; convex curving side, tapering at bottom. Rim in colorless glass with thick spiral green thread; body decorated with parallel bands in yellow, spiral yellow and green thread, blue, white, and green, with blue below white band. Some pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; iridescent weathering on interior and 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