Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent honey brown, purple, and light blue, opaque white and yellow. Part of bottom and side curving unevenly upward; one straight edge running across bottom and up side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a brown ground with a white spiral and central white rod; a second in a purple ground with a white circle around a tiny central yellow spiral, and the third in a purple ground with a white spiral around a tiny central yellow spiral; trace of a fourth cane in a blue ground with a white spiral. Polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior 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