Glass mosaic fragment
Translucent blue; turquoise blue layered with yellow and appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Flat bottom with upward curve along one edge.
Striped mosaic pattern with bands in blue, blue backed with red and appearing very dark blue, blue layered with white appearing opaque pale blue, and green.
Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior and jagged edges.
Flat bottom with upward curve along one edge.
Striped mosaic pattern with bands in blue, blue backed with red and appearing very dark blue, blue layered with white appearing opaque pale blue, and green.
Pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior and jagged edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (1.2 x 2.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1936
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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