Glass mosaic bowl
Translucent purple body with opaque white and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncertain.
Horizontal rim with rounded, slightly downturned edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with rounded edge.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with numerous white rods surrounding a white circle filled with a red rod.
Intact; slight pitting, dulling, and patches of iridescent weathering on interior and covering all of exterior and base ring.
Horizontal rim with rounded, slightly downturned edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with rounded edge.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with numerous white rods surrounding a white circle filled with a red rod.
Intact; slight pitting, dulling, and patches of iridescent weathering on interior and covering all of exterior and base ring.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Diameter: 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (9.6 x 3.8 x 4.2 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
- Object Number: 1972.118.177
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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