Mosaic glass fragment
Translucent purple and opaque white.
Upright rim, with slightly rounded edge; slightly convex-curving side, tapering downward, then turned in to obliquely sloping bottom.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with a large central white rod ringed by a white circle.
Slight chips in edge of rim; polished on all surfaces, with pitting of surface bubbles and some weathering.
Upright rim, with slightly rounded edge; slightly convex-curving side, tapering downward, then turned in to obliquely sloping bottom.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with a large central white rod ringed by a white circle.
Slight chips in edge of rim; polished on all surfaces, with pitting of surface bubbles and some weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mosaic glass fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: 1 5/8 × 2 1/4 × 1/8 in. (4.1 × 5.7 × 0.3 cm); estimated diameter 7 1/16 in. (18 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.396.81
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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2nd century CE
late 1st century BCE
3rd century CE
late 1st–2nd century CE
ca. 50–80 CE
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