Glass mosaic striped mosaic bowl fragment
Translucent purple, cobalt blue, yellow appearing semi-opaque, opaque white, and colorless.
Vertical rounded rim, beveled inward; below rim, side bulges outward, then curves sharply inward, and continues downward at a slant.
Striped quadripartite pattern formed from lengths of two or more composite canes, laid at an angle to each other: a triangular wedge-shaped length in blue at center of quadrant, flanked by lengths of one cane in white and purple stripes; a second cane in yellow and blue, both encasing white; traces of a third cane along right edge, comprising a colorless network wound with double spiral yellow threads next to a yellow stripe. A colorless network cane wound spirally with two yellow threads is attached as a narrow rim.
Some pinprick and a few larger bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescent weathering on all surfaces. Rotary grinding marks on both interior and exterior; two narrow horizontal bands on exterior below curve.
Vertical rounded rim, beveled inward; below rim, side bulges outward, then curves sharply inward, and continues downward at a slant.
Striped quadripartite pattern formed from lengths of two or more composite canes, laid at an angle to each other: a triangular wedge-shaped length in blue at center of quadrant, flanked by lengths of one cane in white and purple stripes; a second cane in yellow and blue, both encasing white; traces of a third cane along right edge, comprising a colorless network wound with double spiral yellow threads next to a yellow stripe. A colorless network cane wound spirally with two yellow threads is attached as a narrow rim.
Some pinprick and a few larger bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescent weathering on all surfaces. Rotary grinding marks on both interior and exterior; two narrow horizontal bands on exterior below curve.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic striped mosaic bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast and tooled or cut
- Dimensions: 2 3/8 × 2 3/4 × 1/8 in. (6 × 7 × 0.3 cm)
Estimated diameter 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.396.46
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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