Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Thin-walled bottom (?) fragment. Translucent purple, turquoise blue, opaque yellow and white, and colorless. Almost flat but curving upward at two corners. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple and colorless ground with a rosette of seven small yellow spirals; another in a purple ground with a concentric white circle and a central yellow spiral, and the third in a turquoise blue ground with yellow concentric circles and a central yellow rod. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy 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