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Glass mosaic hemispherical bowl

2nd–mid-1st century BCE
Not on view
Translucent blue and opaque white.
Vertical, squared-off rim; convex curving side; convex bottom.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from irregular circular sections of a single cane in a blue ground with a white spiral, interspersed with a small number of angular segments of a cane in solid white; a blue network cane wound spirally with a white trail is attached as a rim.
Broken and repaired with one large hole in side and another in rim; dulling, pitting, and creamy weathering with faint iridescence.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass mosaic hemispherical bowl
  • Period: Late Hellenistic
  • Date: 2nd–mid-1st century BCE
  • Culture: Greek
  • Medium: Glass; cast
  • Dimensions: H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); diameter 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1400
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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