Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
Body fragment, thin-walled.
Translucent deep honey brown and opaque white.
Convex curving side tapering downward to bottom.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with irregular wavy white threads in parallel lines; on exterior, three vertical shallow ribs, fairly widely spaced, with rounded outer edges and ending around bottom.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and small patches of creamy weathering on exterior; creamy iridescent weathering covering interior; some weathering on jagged edges.
Translucent deep honey brown and opaque white.
Convex curving side tapering downward to bottom.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with irregular wavy white threads in parallel lines; on exterior, three vertical shallow ribs, fairly widely spaced, with rounded outer edges and ending around bottom.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and small patches of creamy weathering on exterior; creamy iridescent weathering covering interior; some weathering on 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 and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 1 15/16 in. (5 x 4.1 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1677
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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