Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red, and colorless. Convex curving side. Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of two canes set at an angle to each other in parallel bands of red, blue, and yellow outlined in white and with colorless streaks. Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy weathering on interior 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