Glass mosaic fragment
Thin-walled body fragment.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue, and opaque white and yellow.
Almost flat side, with two straight edges almost at right angle to each other.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white spiral and a central yllow rod, and another in a blue ground with a white spiral and a central white rod.
One unweathered chip on one edge; polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; pitting and creamy iridescent weathering on interior and edges.
Perhaps cut down in antiquity into a rectangular shape.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue, and opaque white and yellow.
Almost flat side, with two straight edges almost at right angle to each other.
Mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white spiral and a central yllow rod, and another in a blue ground with a white spiral and a central white rod.
One unweathered chip on one edge; polished exterior; pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; pitting and creamy iridescent weathering on interior and edges.
Perhaps cut down in antiquity into a rectangular shape.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic fragment
- Period: Late Hellenistic
- Date: 2nd century BCE–mid-1st century CE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 5/8 x 1/2 in. (1.6 x 1.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.2048
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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mid-4th–early 3rd century BCE
mid-4th century BCE
ca. 525–515 BCE
2nd–mid-1st century BCE
2nd–mid-1st century BCE
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