Glass mosaic dish 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. Vertical rim; shallow curving side, then turned in towards bottom, thin-walled. Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and central yellow rod comprising a tiny spiral, another in a purple ground with a white circle and a central solid white rod, and the third in a blue ground with a yellow spiral and a central white rod. Polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; some dulling, pitting, and iridescence on interior; dulling and 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