Glass mosaic fragment
Thin-walled body fragment.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue mixed with yellow appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and colorless.
Almost straight side.
Body decorated with mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in purple ground outlined in white with concentric circles of yellow dots; the second in colorless with yellow spiral, and third in blue with yellow spiral.
Exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; pitting and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue mixed with yellow appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and colorless.
Almost straight side.
Body decorated with mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in purple ground outlined in white with concentric circles of yellow dots; the second in colorless with yellow spiral, and third in blue with yellow spiral.
Exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; pitting and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 7/8 x 7/8 in. (2.2 x 2.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1672
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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2nd century CE
late 1st century BCE
3rd century CE
late 1st–2nd century CE
ca. 50–80 CE
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