Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent deep purple and opaque white. Vertical, squared-off rim; shallow convex curving side, tapering downward. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with two concentric circles of white dots and a central white rod; on interior, projecting band below rim, slanting out and downward, cut back below horizontally. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and creamy 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