Glass striped mosaic lens-shaped dish fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent amber brown, cobalt blue partially appearing grey blue and green, opaque yellow, white, and red, and colorless (?). Upright, rounded rim; shallow, convex curving side. Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two composite canes laid side by side in parallel rows, both laid on a thick brown ground: one in blue layered with yellow appearing green, yellow, red, and grey blue stripes, and the other in white outlined in blue. A broad blue network cane with a white spiral thread is attached as a rim. Heavily ground and polished on exterior, polished on interior; minor pitting and weathering of surface bubbles.

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