Glass mosaic bowl fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent purple, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Vertical rim with beveled inner edge; shallow convex curving side, tapering downward.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a circle in white and a central white rod, and the other in a purple ground outlined in white, radiating yellow spokes around a yellow circle enclosing a central red rod.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and edges.
Translucent purple, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Vertical rim with beveled inner edge; shallow convex curving side, tapering downward.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a circle in white and a central white rod, and the other in a purple ground outlined in white, radiating yellow spokes around a yellow circle enclosing a central red rod.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and edges.
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: Other: 3/4 x 15/16 in. (2 x 2.4 cm); estimated diam. of rim 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1876
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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