Glass ribbon mosaic base fragment

Unknown

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

Applied base ring fragment, probably from a deep, footed ribbed bowl. Translucent cobalt blue, honey yellow, and opaque white. Outsplayed, thick base ring, curving up and inward, with rounded edge; bottom of body flaring out and upward. Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from a length of a single cane in a blue ground with a central yellow stripe flanked by two white bands; on body, traces of a polygonal section of a cane in a yellow ground with white and blue circles around a central white rod, and a tiny part of a second cane in a blue ground. One internal crack on interior; polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting and creamy iridescent weathering on exterior, edge of base ring, and some jagged edges; one jagged 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