Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment
Translucent cobalt blue partially appearing green, opaque yellow, white, and red, and colorless.
Vertical rim, slightly beveled inward; convex curving side, tapering gently towards bottom.
Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two canes laid side by side in parallel rows and separated from one another by single lengths of a colorless network cane wound with a double spiral thread: one composite cane comprising a central red length encasing white streaks, flanked by cobalt blue stripes; the other with a central yellow length flanked by blue stripes encasing yellow; parts of another cane appear on both side edges, comprising colorless and blue encasing white stripes. A colorless network cane wound spirally with a single yellow thread is attached as a rim.
Polished exterior; many pinprick bubbles in rim; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescent weathering on interior; some weathering on jagged edges. Rotary grinding marks on interior.
Vertical rim, slightly beveled inward; convex curving side, tapering gently towards bottom.
Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two canes laid side by side in parallel rows and separated from one another by single lengths of a colorless network cane wound with a double spiral thread: one composite cane comprising a central red length encasing white streaks, flanked by cobalt blue stripes; the other with a central yellow length flanked by blue stripes encasing yellow; parts of another cane appear on both side edges, comprising colorless and blue encasing white stripes. A colorless network cane wound spirally with a single yellow thread is attached as a rim.
Polished exterior; many pinprick bubbles in rim; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescent weathering on interior; some weathering on jagged edges. Rotary grinding marks on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman, probably Italian
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: 1 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1/8 in. (3.1 × 3.8 × 0.3 cm)
Estimatd diameter 3 9/16 in. (9 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.396.43
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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