Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent deep purple, turquoise blue appearing green, opaque white and yellow. Carinated side, with part of two convex curves, the upper shallow and the lower deep. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in an irregular pattern of green, yellow, and white rods, and the other in a turquoise blue ground with a yellow spiral, and a central yellow rod surrounded by purple. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles 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