Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent deep purple and opaque white. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; concave curving side below. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with white circles and a central white rod. Canes are distorted. Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; deep pitting, faint iridescence, and creamy weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, 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