Glass mosaic bowl fragment

2nd–mid-1st century BCE

Not on view

Rim fragment.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue, pale yellow, and opaque white.
Applied coil rim, outsplayed with rounded edge; straight side tapering downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: one in a blue ground with fine radiating white spokes; a second in a purple ground with a white spiral and a central blue rod, and the third in a yellow ground with a white spiral and a central blue rod; a blue network cane wound with a white thread is attached as a deep rim.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and brownish weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges.

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Title: Glass mosaic bowl fragment
Period: Late Hellenistic
Date: 2nd–mid-1st century BCE
Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium: Glass; cast
Dimensions: Other: 11/16 x 3/4 in. (1.8 x 1.9 cm); estimated diam. of rim 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.2031
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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