Glass mosaic dish fragment

Unknown

2nd–mid-1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Rim fragemnt. Translucent turquoise blue, opaque white and yellow. Outsplayed rim and broad concave curving neck. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a blue ground with a white spiral; the second in a blue ground with a yellow spiral; a blue network cane wound with a white thread is attached as a rim. Part of rim chipped and missing; interior deeply ground and polished, with pitting of surface bubbles and thread on rim completely removed; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior and jagged edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–mid-1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891