Mosaic glass bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Rim fragment. Translucent pale and honey brown, cobalt blue, opaque white, and colorless. Outsplayed rim; convex curving side, bulging outward and then turned in towards bottom. Spiral mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a brown ground with two irregular threads: one in white, partially mixed with brown and appearing yellow or with a colorless central stripe, and the other in white and blue threads in fine parallel lines. Polished exterior; rim and most of edges ground flat; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and patches of creamy iridescent weathering on interior.

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