Glass mosaic bowl fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent deep purple appearing black, cobalt blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Outsplayed, horizontal rim with rounded edge; convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a yellow circle and a central yellow rod; another in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; a third in a purple ground with an irregular scatter of white dots and a central white rod surrounded by a red circle, and the fourth in a blue ground with a white circle and a central white rod.
Polished interior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on interior; deep pitting, iridescence, and creamy weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, and jagged edges.
Translucent deep purple appearing black, cobalt blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Outsplayed, horizontal rim with rounded edge; convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a yellow circle and a central yellow rod; another in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; a third in a purple ground with an irregular scatter of white dots and a central white rod surrounded by a red circle, and the fourth in a blue ground with a white circle and a central white rod.
Polished interior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on interior; deep pitting, iridescence, and creamy weathering on exterior, outer edge of rim, and jagged 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: 11/16 x 1 5/8 in. (1.7 x 4.2 cm); estimated diam. of rim 4 7/8 in. (15 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1927
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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