Glass mosaic fragment
Thin-walled body fragment.
Translucent blue, honey yellow, and opaque white.
Shallow convex curving side.
Mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of a single cane in a yellow ground with a circle of white rods oultined in blue surrounding a white rosette of six petals around a central hexagonal rod.
Chipped on one corner; pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and creamy weathering on interior and edges; chipped corner unweathered.
Translucent blue, honey yellow, and opaque white.
Shallow convex curving side.
Mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of a single cane in a yellow ground with a circle of white rods oultined in blue surrounding a white rosette of six petals around a central hexagonal rod.
Chipped on one corner; pinprick bubbles; polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and creamy weathering on interior and edges; chipped corner unweathered.
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 3/16 x 7/8 in. (3 x 2.2 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1964
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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