Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment
Rim fragment of thin-walled bowl.
Translucent honey brown, blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, and opaque white.
Applied vertical coil rim, with rounded top edge; straight side slanting downward.
Rim in blue with white spiral thread; body decorated with mosaic pattern formed from bands slanting from top left to bottom right in combinations of brown, blue with white spiral thread, brown with white splashes, purple, and white.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior and some iridescent weathering on edges.
Translucent honey brown, blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, and opaque white.
Applied vertical coil rim, with rounded top edge; straight side slanting downward.
Rim in blue with white spiral thread; body decorated with mosaic pattern formed from bands slanting from top left to bottom right in combinations of brown, blue with white spiral thread, brown with white splashes, purple, and white.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior and some iridescent weathering on edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 11/16 x 11/16 in. (1.7 x 1.8 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.2026
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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