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, and brick red. Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with part of one deep convex curve. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground outlined in white and with a red circle surrounding a pattern of small white rods. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling and iridescent weathering on exterior, edge of rim, and side edges; bottom straight edge unweathered.

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