Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Thick-walled body fragment. Translucent cobalt blue, opaque yellow, and colorless. Convex curving side. Mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane outlined with a broad band of blue in a colorless ground with a pattern of yellow rods. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy 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