Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent purple, turquoise blue mixed with opaque yellow appearing green, opaque white, yellow, brick red, and light blue. Convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a circle of yellow dots; a second in a purple ground outlined in white and with white spokes radiating from a red central rod; a third in a purple ground with a white circle and a central blue rod encircled by thin red and white rings; and a fourth in a blue ground with a yellow lattice pattern and a central red rod. Broken in two and repaired; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and weathering of cracks on exterior; deep pitting and creamy brown iridescent weathering on interior 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