Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent purple, light blue green appearing green, opaque white and yellow. Concave curving side, thin-walled. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle surrounding a central white outlined in green and yellow rings, and the other in a purple ground around a circular cluster of blue wedge-shaped rods outlined in yellow with a central white rod. Polished interior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on interior; deep weathering, dulling and creamy iridescence on exterior; iridescent weathering on jagged edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917