Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent deep purple appearing black, cobalt blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red. Outsplayed, horizontal rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a yellow circle and a central yellow rod; another in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; a third in a purple ground with an irregular scatter of white dots and a central white rod surrounded by a red circle, and the fourth in a blue ground with a white circle and a central white rod. Polished interior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on interior; deep pitting, iridescence, and creamy weathering on exterior, outer edge of 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