Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

2nd–mid-1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Thick-walled body fragment. Translucent purple, turquoise blue, and opaque white. Very shallow curving side, with two straight edges at right angle to each other. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white spiral, and another in a blue ground with a white spiral. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; pitting and iridescent weathering on interior and edges. Perhaps cut down in antiquity into a square shape with an apex one one side.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–mid-1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891