Glass network mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent blue, opaque yellow, and colorless. Applied coil rim with beveled inner lip; convex curving side. Rim in blue with fine white spiral thread; body decorated with six colorless canes, slanting from top left to bottom right, decorated with two spirally twisted yellow threads; below, plain blue band. Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and creamy weathering on interior; jagged, weathered 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