Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent purple and opaque white. Convex curving side. Body decorated with marbled mosaic pattern formed from irregular sections of a single cane in purple ground with white rods and streaks. Exterior polished, with pitting and weathering of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and creamy weathering on interior 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