Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent deep purple, light blue appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red. Vertical rim with rounded inner edge; side with thicker, convex collar below rim on interior, tapering downward. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a concentric white circle and a central white rod surrounded by blue and yellow circles; another in a purple ground with an irregular scatter of red dots and a central white rod surrounded by blue and yellow circles, and the third in a blue ground with radiating yellow spokes around a central white rod. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; deep pitting and creamy iridescent weathering on interior, rim, 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