Glass mosaic ribbed bowl rim fragment

Unknown

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

Rim and upper body fragment of a deep ribbed bowl with base ring. Translucent honey brown and opaque white. Outsplayed rim with rounded edge, partially ground down; straight side, tapering obliquely toward bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from large sections of two canes, both in a brown ground: one with a large white circle and central white rod, and the other with a smaller circle and central rod surrounded by a ring of white rods. Polished on all surfaces, with some pitting of surface bubbles. Some irregular tooling marks on exterior below rim; no trace of any ribbing survives.

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