Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment
Translucent cobalt blue appearing grey blue, opaque yellow, white, and red, and colorless.
Vertical rounded rim; straight side, tapering gently towards bottom.
Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of a single composite cane laid side by side in parallel rows, comprising from right to left a blue stripe, encasing and outlined to left in white, a red stripe, and a yellow stripe, outlined to left in white. The pattern is repeated four times, slanting from top right to bottom left. A blue network cane wound spirally with double fine white threads is attached as a rim.
A few bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescent weathering on interior; weathering on jagged edges. Irregular shallow indents on exterior.
Vertical rounded rim; straight side, tapering gently towards bottom.
Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of a single composite cane laid side by side in parallel rows, comprising from right to left a blue stripe, encasing and outlined to left in white, a red stripe, and a yellow stripe, outlined to left in white. The pattern is repeated four times, slanting from top right to bottom left. A blue network cane wound spirally with double fine white threads is attached as a rim.
A few bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescent weathering on interior; weathering on jagged edges. Irregular shallow indents on exterior.
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 7/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/8 in. (3.7 × 3.6 × 0.3 cm)
Estimated diameter 4 5/16 in. (11 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.396.44
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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