Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent deep purple, greyish blue, opaque white, red, yellow, and light turquoise green, with colorless streaks. Flat bottom (?), then narrow convex curve, and outturned edge above. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes outlined in white: one in a purple ground enclosing a solid circle in turquoise green with a pattern of yellow rods outlined with a purple circle around a central dot; another in a purple ground with white rods around a central red rod, and a third in a purple ground with a circle of white dots around a white circle and central blue rod. Polished exterior; pitting and slight weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and thick 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