Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent turquoise blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, layered blue and yellow appearing green, and opaque yellow. Convex curving side, tapering inward at bottom (?). Body decorated with irregular parallel bands in red, blue, green, and yellow. Many pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and patches of creamy iridescent weathering on interior; some weathering on 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