Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Thick-walled body fragment. Translucent blue, deep purple (?) appearing black, opaque white, yellow, and red. Outsplayed curving side, then turned sharply downward. Mosaic pattern formed from tiny polygonal sections of three canes all in a blue ground: one with a purple rosette with white radiating spokes and two circles in white and red around a central yellow rod; another with a purple rosette outlined in white and two circles in yellow and red around a central white rod, and a third with a purple circle outlined in white and filled with a ring of yellow dots and two circles in white and red around a central yellow rod. Polished interior; pitting and slight weathering of surface bubbles and scratches on interior; dulling and iridescent weathering on exterior 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