Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, opaque white, and colorless. Broad, slightly convex curving side. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with numerous white rods surrounding a colorless ground with a white spiral. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; 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