Glass mosaic dish fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue and opaque white. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; concave curving neck; side tapering downward. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a blue ground with numerous white rods; the other in a blue ground with a white spiral. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and faint weathering on exterior, outer edge of 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