Glass gold-band mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent blue, turquoise blue and yellow appearing green, opaque white, and colorless enclosing gold leaf. Convex curving side. Gold-band mosaic pattern formed from sections of layered canes in bands of blue, colorless glass with gold leaf, blue, white, and turquoise blue and yellow. Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; slight 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