Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent turquoise blue appearing green, cobalt blue, opaque yellow and white, and colorless. Vertical, tapering rim with rounded edge; side slanting downward, then turned sharply inward. Mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two or more canes in a turquoise blue ground with stripes in blue, yellow and colorless outlined or layered with colorless and white. Dulling and iridescent weathering on both surfaces, rim, 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