Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent blue, partially mixed with opaque yellow appearing green, translucent purple, partially mixed with opaque yellow appearing brown, opaque, white, yellow, and brick red, and colorless. Vertical rim, ground flat; straight side, tapering downward. Irregular mosaic pattern of several canes, including one in a colorless ground with spiral white threads, and another in a blue ground with a yellow spiral thread. Exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and faint creamy weathering on interior, 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