Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent turquoise blue, layered with opaque yellow and appearing green, opaque yellow and brick red, and colorless. Convex curving side. Layered wavy bands of red, green, and yellow in an irregular pattern. Polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior and edges. Cut down into a triangle with rounded corners.

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