Glass mosaic bowl fragment
Probably part of the rim of a bowl, cut down into a triangular shape.
Translucent blue, deep purple, opaque white and yellow.
Plain, vertical rim, with beveled inner edge; convex-curving side slanting in downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white spiral, and the other in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a central yellow rod.
One chip on one edge; polished on exterior, with slight pitting of surface bubbles; slight pitting and creamy weathering on interior; ground edges. Rotary grinding marks on interior.
Translucent blue, deep purple, opaque white and yellow.
Plain, vertical rim, with beveled inner edge; convex-curving side slanting in downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white spiral, and the other in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a central yellow rod.
One chip on one edge; polished on exterior, with slight pitting of surface bubbles; slight pitting and creamy weathering on interior; ground edges. Rotary grinding marks on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 13 3/8 in. (3.7 × 2.9 × 34 cm); estimated diameter of rim 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.396.89
- 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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