Mosaic glass fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, deep purple appearing black, turquoise blue, and opaque white.
Applied vertical coil rim, with slightly rounded top edge; almost straight side tapering slightly downward.
Rim in purple with white spiral thread; body decorated with meandering-strip mosaic pattern formed from large sections of two canes: one in turquoise blue, and the other in purple stripes with central blue stripe flanked by white lines.
Polished exterior, with pitting of surface bubbles and joins between canes; dulling, pitting, and patches of iridescent weathering on interior, and some iridescent weathering on edges.
Translucent cobalt blue, deep purple appearing black, turquoise blue, and opaque white.
Applied vertical coil rim, with slightly rounded top edge; almost straight side tapering slightly downward.
Rim in purple with white spiral thread; body decorated with meandering-strip mosaic pattern formed from large sections of two canes: one in turquoise blue, and the other in purple stripes with central blue stripe flanked by white lines.
Polished exterior, with pitting of surface bubbles and joins between canes; dulling, pitting, and patches of iridescent weathering on interior, and some iridescent weathering on edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mosaic glass fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 7/8 x 1 3/16 in. (2.2 x 3 cm); estimated diam. of rim 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1847
- 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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