Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue, partially appearing green, opaque yellow, white, and red, and colorless. Vertical rounded rim; slightly convex curving side of deep bowl, turned in towards bottom. Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two alternating canes laid side by side in parallel rows and separated from one another by single lengths of a colorless network cane wound with a double spiral thread: one composite cane comprising two red stripes encasing white and flanking a blue stripe encasing white, and a narrow blue stripe encasing yellow at right; the other with a central yellow length flanked by red stripes, flanked by blue stripes encasing yellow. A separate square length of the second cane is added at top below rim. A colorless network cane wound spirally with two yellow threads is attached as a rim. Polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and whitish iridescent weathering on interior; some 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