Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent deep purple, opaque white, yellow, and colorless. Carinated side, with part of one narrow convex curve, then slanting sharply downward below. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white filled with random yellow dots, and the other in a colorless ground with a yellow spiral. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles and some iridescence on interior; deep pitting and iridescent weathering on exterior 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