Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, opaque yellow, and white, with colorless glass. Convex curving and tapering side. Decorated with vertical (?) bands, forming a pattern: white, colorless with two spiral yellow threads, white, red, white, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, blue with white stripes, colorless with two spiral yellow threads, and purple mixed with white. A few pinprick bubbles; interior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and faint iridescent weathering on exterior; 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