Glass mosaic bowl fragment
Base fragment.
Translucent turquoise blue appearing green and opaque yellow.
Outsplayed, integral base ring with flat bottom edge; underside of bottom slightly convex.
Mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a green ground with numerous small yellow circles, each surrounding a central green rod.
Polished interior of bottom with outer edge ground flat to side of base ring; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and creamy brown weathering on base ring, exterior of bottom, and broken edge.
Part of the flat bottom of a bowl with low base ring on exterior.
Translucent turquoise blue appearing green and opaque yellow.
Outsplayed, integral base ring with flat bottom edge; underside of bottom slightly convex.
Mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a green ground with numerous small yellow circles, each surrounding a central green rod.
Polished interior of bottom with outer edge ground flat to side of base ring; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, pitting, and creamy brown weathering on base ring, exterior of bottom, and broken edge.
Part of the flat bottom of a bowl with low base ring on exterior.
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: Overall: 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (2.2 x 4.4 cm); estimated diam. of base ring 1 3/4 in.(4.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1812
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
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