Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, deep honey yellow, opaque white, yellow, and brick red. Vertical rim with beveled edge; almost straight side, tapering downward. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and short rectangular lengths of three canes: one in a blue ground with a ring of white dots around a white circle and central white rod; a second in a yellow ground with a circle of white dots around a central design of four red rods surrounded by white circles in a blue (?) ground, and a length in red flanked by blue layered with white; a blue cane wound spirally with a white thread is attached as a rim. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and creamy iridescent weathering on interior, 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