Glass ribbon mosaic base fragment
Applied base ring fragment, probably from a deep, footed ribbed bowl.
Translucent cobalt blue, honey yellow, and opaque white.
Outsplayed, thick base ring, curving up and inward, with rounded edge; bottom of body flaring out and upward.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from a length of a single cane in a blue ground with a central yellow stripe flanked by two white bands; on body, traces of a polygonal section of a cane in a yellow ground with white and blue circles around a central white rod, and a tiny part of a second cane in a blue ground.
One internal crack on interior; polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting and creamy iridescent weathering on exterior, edge of base ring, and some jagged edges; one jagged edge unweathered.
Translucent cobalt blue, honey yellow, and opaque white.
Outsplayed, thick base ring, curving up and inward, with rounded edge; bottom of body flaring out and upward.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from a length of a single cane in a blue ground with a central yellow stripe flanked by two white bands; on body, traces of a polygonal section of a cane in a yellow ground with white and blue circles around a central white rod, and a tiny part of a second cane in a blue ground.
One internal crack on interior; polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting and creamy iridescent weathering on exterior, edge of base ring, and some jagged edges; one jagged edge unweathered.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass ribbon mosaic base fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. (2.3 x 3.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1992
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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