Glass mosaic meandering-strip bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent blue, opaque white and brick red. Vertical rim with almost flat top and rounded edges; almost straight side, tapering slightly downward. Meandering-strip mosaic pattern formed from large sections of a single cane with a broad band in blue, partially layered with white, and red layered with blue and white; a blue network cane wound spirally with a white thread is attached as a rim. Many pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and 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