Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent purple and opaque white. Squarish oval, with ground edges, formed from outsplayed rim and straight side. On exterior of vessel, top of a shallow, broad rib, squared off at top. Mosaic pattern formed from lengths of a single cane in a purple ground with irregular, broad white threads. Polished interior and edges, with some pitting of surface bubbles; pitting and dulling 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