Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment
Body fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue and purple, opaque white, yellow, and red.
Carinated side, with part of one narrow convex curve, then slanting sharply downward below.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground surrounding a hollow band in a purple ground outlined in white and filled with a circle of yellow dots, and a central white rod within white and red circles.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and jagged edges.
Translucent cobalt blue and purple, opaque white, yellow, and red.
Carinated side, with part of one narrow convex curve, then slanting sharply downward below.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground surrounding a hollow band in a purple ground outlined in white and filled with a circle of yellow dots, and a central white rod within white and red circles.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior and jagged edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Overall: 5/8 x 1 in. (1.5 x 2.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.2002
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
More Artwork
Research Resources
The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please contact us using the form below. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.




