Mosaic glass carinated bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent medium blue appearing opaque grey, honey yellow, and purple, opaque white and red. Almost horizontal rim with rounded outer lip; carinated side, with two convex curves. Composite mosaic patterns formed from polygonal sections of two canes in a grey ground: one in a purple ground with a circle of white rods surrounding a central white red enclosed by red and white circles, and the other in a yellow ground with a white spiral and central white rod. Pitting of surface bubbles with slight weathering on exterior and interior; weathering on jagged edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, probably Italian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917