Mosaic glass fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent purple and opaque white. Upright rim, with slightly rounded edge; slightly convex-curving side, tapering downward, then turned in to obliquely sloping bottom. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with a large central white rod ringed by a white circle. Slight chips in edge of rim; polished on all surfaces, with pitting of surface bubbles and some weathering.

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