Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, opaque white and yellow, and colorless. Applied coil rim, vertical with rounded edge; shallow side curving in towards bottom. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a colorless ground with a yellow spiral, the other in a blue ground with a white spiral; rim in blue with white spiral trail. Polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and brownish weathering on interior and edges. Coil rim applied unevenly, extending down side on exterior and narrow band on interior.

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