Glass striped mosaic fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, deep purple, purple appearing opaque brick red, opaque white and yellow, with colorless glass.
Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; almost straight side.
Rim in colorless glass with double spiral yellow threads; body decorated with vertical bands, forming a pattern: blue, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, white, purple, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, blue, red, yellow, and blue.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with slight surface pitting; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.
Translucent cobalt blue, deep purple, purple appearing opaque brick red, opaque white and yellow, with colorless glass.
Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; almost straight side.
Rim in colorless glass with double spiral yellow threads; body decorated with vertical bands, forming a pattern: blue, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, white, purple, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, blue, red, yellow, and blue.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with slight surface pitting; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass striped mosaic fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 9/16 x 15/16 in. (1.4 x 2.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1981
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
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