Glass mosaic fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent honey yellow, purple, and opaque white. Elongated oval, with ground edges, with convex-curving exterior side; uneven surface to interior. Mosaic pattern formed from sections of two canes: one in a yellow ground with irregular white threads, and the other in a purple ground with parallel lines of white threads. Polished exterior and edges, with some pitting of surface bubbles; pitting, dulling, and some iridescence on interior. Possibly ground down from a vessel.

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