Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, purple, light blue appearing green, opaque white and yellow. Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with part of one convex curve. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in light blue rods outlined in yellow, and the other in a cobalt blue ground with a circle comprising two white lines enclosing a purple ground with a circle of yellow dots. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling and thick, creamy weathering on exterior, 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