Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Opaque white and brick red. Flat inlay (?), roughly triangular. Mosaic pattern formed from a single cane in a white ground with numerous red rods, arranged in circles (?). Chipped at one corner and along one edge; polished upper side; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering 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