Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment (of shallow bowl?). Translucent blue, deep purple appearing almost black, opaque white and yellow, and colorless. Slightly concave bottom, then turned up at angle as straight side. Striped quadripartite pattern formed from lengths of different canes laid at right angles, comprising a length of purple with a central white stripe, a blue network cane wound spirally with a white thread, a length of yellow and colorless, a polygonal cane in a blue ground with a white square surrounding a central white rod, and another cane in a blue ground dotted with white rods. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior 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