Glass mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent deep turquoise blue and purple, and opaque white. Outsplayed rim, with rounded edge; straight side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from large sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a scatter of white rods, and the other in a blue ground with a scatter of white rods and a small central circular cane in a purple ground with white rods. Polished on interior, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling on exterior with weathering of white rods.

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