Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent deep purple, opaque white, yellow, and brick red, and colorless. Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with tapering edge; carinated side, with one deep convex curve. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a circle of white dots and a central red rod; the second with a yellow spiral in a colorless ground. Polished interior; pitting and creamy weathering of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, weathering, and some iridescence on exterior, edge of rim, and jagged 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