Glass mosaic bowl fragments

2nd–1st century BCE

Not on view

Colorless, translucent cobalt blue, opaque yellow, opaque white, and semi-opaque turquoise green and deep purple.
Hemispherical bowl fragments with a slightly inverted rim with rounded edge; convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two composite canes, one in a colorless ground with a yellow spiral and the other, much less frequently used, in a blue ground with a white spiral; a network cane wound spirally with colorless, green, yellow, and purple trails is attached as a rim.
Broken and repaired from a dozen pieces, with several holes and one small area of fill in side; another eleven non-joining frgaments are also preserved; on interior, dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering, and on exterior, surface polishing.

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Title: Glass mosaic bowl fragments
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 2nd–1st century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Glass; cast
Dimensions: H.: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Diam.: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.264
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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