Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment, probably from a large ribbed and footd bowl. Translucent cobalt blue and opaque white. Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; concave curving neck to side, tapering downward . Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with a ring of white rods around a white circle and a central white rod. Polished interior; pitting and slight weathering of surface bubbles on interior; iridescence and creamy weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, and jagged edges. Possibly from the same vessel as 91.1.1971.

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