Glass mosaic bowl fragment
Translucent turquoise blue appearing green, opaque yellow, white, and red.
Outsplayed rim with beveled edge; vertical side, possibly from a large, deep bowl.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a turquoise blue ground dotted with numerous yellow rods and occasional red streaks, surrounding a central rod of uncertain color (blue or purple) outlined by rings in yellow, red, and white.
Polished interior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on interior; creamy weathering and iridescence on exterior; some iridescent weathering on jagged edges.
Outsplayed rim with beveled edge; vertical side, possibly from a large, deep bowl.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in a turquoise blue ground dotted with numerous yellow rods and occasional red streaks, surrounding a central rod of uncertain color (blue or purple) outlined by rings in yellow, red, and white.
Polished interior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on interior; creamy weathering and iridescence on exterior; some iridescent weathering on jagged edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: 9/16 × 1 3/4 × 1/8 in. (1.4 × 4.5 × 0.3 cm)
Estimated diameter: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.396.24
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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