Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent honey brown, partially mixed with white and appearing opaque yellow, cobalt blue, and opaque white. Outsplayed rim with rounded lip; slightly convex curving side tapering downward. Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from lengths of one or more canes in a brown ground with wavy blue and white threads in parallel lines; on exterior, part of a broad vertical rib, with flattened and tooled top. Many bubbles; polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on exterior, lip of rim, 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