Glass striped mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent turquoise blue and opaque yellow appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and colorless. Convex curving side. Mosaic pattern formed from parallel bands of layered canes in colorless glass with yellow spiral thread, white, green, colorless glass with white spiral thread, and yellow. A few pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with slight pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy 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