Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent purple, turquoise blue appearing green, and honey yellow, opaque white and yellow. Body fragment of deep carinated bowl with part of upper, shallow carinated curve and larger section of lower curved side turning in towards the bottom. 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 yellow ground with a white spiral and a central blue rod containing a tiny yellow spiral, and the third in a blue ground with a yellow spiral and a central white rod. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; some dulling, pitting, and some polishing on interior; slight weathering on jagged edges. Some horizontal tooling marks below carination on exterior.

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