Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent purple, opaque white and yellow. Carinated side, with part of one shallow convex curve, then slanting sharply downward below. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground outlined in yellow with two circles of white dots around a central yellow rod. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, creamy brown weathering and iridescence 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