Glass quadripartite mosaic vessel fragment

Unknown

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

Thin-walled body fragment, probably from the vessel's bottom. Translucent cobalt blue, purple appearing black, opaque yellow and white, and colorless. Almost flat but upward curve on one broken corner. Quadripartite pattern formed from lengths of one cane in yellow flanked by colorless network canes with yellow spiral thread, and a square cane section comprising a central purple dot in a white ground and surrounded by hollow squares in colorless, white (?), and blue. Iridescent creamy weathering on both surfaces and jagged edges.

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