Glass mosaic vessel fragment

Unknown

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

Opaque yellow and colorless. Convex curving side, fairly thick-walled. Mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a colorless ground with numerous hollow yellow circles. Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior. One straight ground edge; others left uneven and jagged.

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