Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent blue, turquoise blue largely layered with white appearing green, purple appearing opaque streaky brick red, opaque yellow, and white, with colorless glass. Applied coil rim with beveled, vertical lip; shallow convex curving side. Rim in colorless glass with single white spiral thread; body decorated with bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming a pattern: green, turquoise, green, yellow, green, red, blue, red, yellow, green, turquoise, green, yellow, green, turquoise, red, blue, yellow, and green, with some white streaks. Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior; some iridescent weathering on two 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