Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
Thin-walled body fragment.
Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.
Outsplayed at top towards rim; straight side tapering downward.
Spiral mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with white and blue threads in parallel horizontal lines; on exterior, parts of three shallow vertical ribs, tapering downward, with tooling marks across top of central rib.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, creamy weathering, and faint iridescence on exterior and jagged edges.
Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.
Outsplayed at top towards rim; straight side tapering downward.
Spiral mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with white and blue threads in parallel horizontal lines; on exterior, parts of three shallow vertical ribs, tapering downward, with tooling marks across top of central rib.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, creamy weathering, and faint iridescence on exterior and jagged edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 1 1/8 x 1 11/16 in. (2.8 x 4.2 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1762
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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