Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent cobalt blue and purple, opaque white, yellow, and red. Carinated side, with part of one narrow convex curve, then slanting sharply downward below. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground surrounding a hollow band in a purple ground outlined in white and filled with a circle of yellow dots, and a central white rod within white and red circles. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and iridescent weathering 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