Glass mosaic fragment
Thin-walled body fragment.
Translucent purple, cobalt blue, honey brown appearing yellow, opaque white, and colorless.
Shallow convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; another in a brown ground with a white circle and a central white rod; a third in a colorless ground dotted with white rods around a white circle enclosing a blue ground with a central white rod, and the fourth in a blue ground with a white spiral or concentric white circles.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; deep pitting and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.
Translucent purple, cobalt blue, honey brown appearing yellow, opaque white, and colorless.
Shallow convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; another in a brown ground with a white circle and a central white rod; a third in a colorless ground dotted with white rods around a white circle enclosing a blue ground with a central white rod, and the fourth in a blue ground with a white spiral or concentric white circles.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; deep pitting and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 11/16 x 1 in. (1.7 x 2.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1892
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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