Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment (of shallow bowl?) Translucent deep purple, pale greyish blue appearing green, opaque white and yellow. Flat, ground-off rim; sharply slanting, almost straight side, then curving in at bottom. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a circle of white dots around a central white dot, and the other in a streaky blue and white ground around a rosette pattern of purple rods outlined in yellow, with a central white rod surrounded by a purple circle. Polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, deep pitting, and creamy weathering on interior, rim, 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