Glass striped mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red. Convex curving side. Coil in blue with single spiral thread in white; striped pattern formed from lengths of different canes: one in blue layered with white; another in bands of red and yellow; a polygonal cane in a blue ground with a white circle and a central white rod, alternating with a square cane in blue layered with white. Polished exterior and edge; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and faint iridescent weathering on interior. Probably a rim fragment but cut down into an oval with rounded corners.

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