Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent purple, deep turquoise blue partially layered with opaque yellow and appearing green, opaque white and yellow. Shallow convex curving side. Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from lengths of canes set at angles to each other, comprising stripes and squares in blue, green, white and purples, with yellow splashes. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, deep pitting of surface bubbles, and patches of creamy weathering on interior and edges. Edges appear to have been ground down and rounded, making the fragment into a ttriangularshape, perhaps in antiquity.

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