Glass mosiac bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue and purple, and opaque white and yellow. Upright rim, ground flat; convex-curving side, tapering downward. Raised horizontal band on inside of rim in plain purple ground; composite mosaic pattern formed from large sections of a single cane: in a purple ground a length of blue outlined in white, and a central cluster of smaller canes with white lattice patterns and central white rods encircled in yellow. Polished on exterior, with some pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior. Rotary polishing marks 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