Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Body fragment. Translucent deep purple, turquoise blue, greyish blue, opaque white and yellow. Carinated side, with part of one narrow convex curve, then slanting sharply downward below. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a hollow white circle and an inner, small yellow circle around a purple band and central white rod; another in a purple ground with a hollow rosette of greyish blue rods outlined in yellow around a purple band and a central yellow rod, and a third in a turquoise blue ground with an indeterminate pattern. Polished exterior; pitting and slight weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and iridescent 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