Glass short-strip mosaic vessel fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent blue, opaque white, yellow, and red, and colorless. Convex-curving side. Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths of two canes, set randomly or at right angles to one another: one in colorless outlined in white; a second comprising strips of red and yellow flanked and backed by blue, with occasional streaks of white. Polished on exterior, with some pitting of surface bubbles; pitting, dulling, and iridescent weathering on interior and 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