Glass striped mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent purple, turquoise blue and opaque yellow appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and colorless. Convex curving side, partly flattened (on bottom?). Decorated with parallel bands in pattern: yellow, purple with central white line, white, purple with spiral white thread, turquoise partly layered with yellow, yellow, purple with white line, and narrow stripes of colorless glass. Pinprick and some larger bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles and cracks; dulling and creamy iridescent 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