Glass mosaic inlay fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent deep purple, turquoise blue partially mixed with opaque yellow and appearing green, opaque white and yellow. Flat, with two straight edges forming a right-angled corner; underside tapering to corner. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with a ring of white rods surrounding a green lattice design outlined in yellow and a fine purple circle around a central turquoise blue rod. Polished upper side; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on upper side; dulling, pitting, and creamy iridescent weathering on underside, straight and one jagged edge; one broken 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