Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Thin-walled body fragment. Translucent honey brown, blue, purple, and opaque white. Convex curving side. Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two or more canes in a brown ground with wavy white, blue, and purple threads in parallel lines. Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy iridescent 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