Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Thin-walled body fragment. Translucent purple, cobalt blue, honey brown appearing yellow, opaque white, and colorless. Shallow convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; another in a brown ground with a white circle and a central white rod; a third in a colorless ground dotted with white rods around a white circle enclosing a blue ground with a central white rod, and the fourth in a blue ground with a white spiral or concentric white circles. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; deep pitting and iridescent weathering on interior and 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