Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, honey yellow, purple appearing opaque brick red, and white. Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; almost straight, vertical side, tapering slightly downward. Rim in blue with single white spiral thread; body decorated with vertical bands, slanting from top left to bottom right, forming a regular pattern in blue, red, and honey yellow with fine white lines. Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior; iridescent weathering on 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