Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent honey brown, blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red. Vertical rim with slightly inwardly-beveled edge; slightly convex curving side. Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of two canes set in slanting lines: one cane consists of a brown ground with white rods and streaks; the other of parallel blue, red, and yellow stripes; a rectangular section of a third cane in blue; a brown network cane wound spirally with two parallel fine white threads is attached as a rim. Some bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges. Part of the same bowl as 91.1.1829.

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