Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent purple, light blue mixed with opaque yellow and appearing green; opaque white and yellow. Convex curving side and flat bottom. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two or more canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white with a lattice pattern of blue canes outlined in yellow, and another in a purple ground with a hollow white circle. Most of canes distorted. 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