Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent deep purple and honey yellow, opaque white, and colorless. Convex curving side, probably from the body of a broad, deep bowl. Striped pattern formed from parallel lengths of different canes: one in purple overlaid with a network cane with a white spiral thread; another in plain white; and a third in honey yellow flanked by colorless network canes wound with white spiral threads. Cut down into a square with ground edges; polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescence on interior.

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