Glass striped mosaic vessel fragment

Unknown

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

Thin-walled body fragment. Translucent purple, light blue appearing semi-opaque green, opaque honey yellow and white, and colorless. Convex curving side. Striped quadripartite pattern formed from lengths of at least six different canes: one cane in colorless enclosing a white layer; a network cane in blue with purple spiral thread; a length of purple with a central white line; another network cane in blue with purple spiral thread; a yellow length enclosing a white layer; a blue length enclosing a yellow layer; a colorless network cane with a spiral thread; and a colorless length enclosing a white layer. Dulling and 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