Glass mosaic vessel fragment
Translucent turquoise blue and purple, opaque white and red.
Body fragment with convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a blue ground with multiple random white rods surrounding a central white rod surrounded by a red circle and purple band.
Broken into two pieces with slight loss along break; polished exterior; slight pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior; weathering on edges.
Body fragment with convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a blue ground with multiple random white rods surrounding a central white rod surrounded by a red circle and purple band.
Broken into two pieces with slight loss along break; polished exterior; slight pitting and weathering of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior; weathering on edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic vessel fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass (2 joining fragments); cast
- Dimensions: 3/4 × 1 15/16 × 1/16 in. (1.9 × 5 × 0.2 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.396.29
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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