Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent deep purple, deep turquoise blue partially mixed with opaque yellow and appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and red. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being narrow and deeply curved, the lower being shallow, tapering downward. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a scatter of yellow dots; the second in blue with a yellow spiral, and the third in purple outlined in white surrounding a red circle containing a honeycomb pattern of blue rods outlined in yellow. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, and one jagged edge; the other jagged edge is 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