Ribbed mosaic glass bowl with base ring
Translucent golden brown, blue, and opaque white.
Outsplayed horizontal rim, with thick, rounded edge; convex curving side, tapering downwards to convex bottom within outsplayed base ring with pointed outer edge; a deep tooled circle around edge of bottom within base ring.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths, applied in a spiral, of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with parallel lines in white or in white and blue stripes, the pattern appearing different on the interior and outer surfaces.
Broken and repaired, with large holes in side, and part of base ring missing; pitting, slight dulling, and thick creamy iridescent weathering.
Cast deep ribbed bowl with base ring.
Outsplayed horizontal rim, with thick, rounded edge; convex curving side, tapering downwards to convex bottom within outsplayed base ring with pointed outer edge; a deep tooled circle around edge of bottom within base ring.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths, applied in a spiral, of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with parallel lines in white or in white and blue stripes, the pattern appearing different on the interior and outer surfaces.
Broken and repaired, with large holes in side, and part of base ring missing; pitting, slight dulling, and thick creamy iridescent weathering.
Cast deep ribbed bowl with base ring.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ribbed mosaic glass bowl with base ring
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman, probably Italian
- Medium: Glass; cast and tooled
- Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.262
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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