Glass mosaic inlay fragment

Unknown

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

Thin inlay fragment. Translucent deep purple streaked with colorless, greyish blue, turquoise blue appearing green; opaque white and yellow. Flat with one straight edge; slightly uneven underside. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; another in a purple ground around a rosette of five green rods outlined in yellow and a central white rod surrounded by a purple circle, and a third in a purple ground around a rosette of six blue rods outlined in white and a central yellow spiral surrounded by a purple circle. Polished upper side; pitting of surface bubbles on upper side; pitting and thick creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence on underside 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