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Glass mosaic plate fragment

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Not on view
Translucent blue green, opaque red, white, and yellow.

Broad, outsplayed rim, with rounded but uneven lip, sloping obliquely inward; recessed shallow ledge between rim and side, perhaps from modern polishing; slightly convex curving side, tapering downward.

Mosaic pattern formed from large sections of a single cane in a blue green ground with multiple rods in red mixed with white and a central yellow rod.

Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, slight pitting and weathering on interior; weathering on jagged edges.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass mosaic plate fragment
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; cast
  • Dimensions: 1 1/4 × 1 5/8 × 1/8 in. (3.2 × 4.1 × 0.3 cm)
    Estimated diameter 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.396.33
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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