Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Unknown

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

Translucent blue, opaque yellow and white, and colorless. Outsplayed rim and straight side, tapering downward. On exterior of vessel, top of a shallow rib, squared off at top. Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of two canes: one in a blue ground with a white circle around a central white rod, and the other in a plain yellow surrounded by a colorless ground. Polished interior, with some pitting of surface bubbles; pitting, dulling, and slight soil encrustation on interior and jagged edges. Irregular tooling marks on exterior at junction of side and rim.

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