Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, opaque yellow and white.
Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; convex curving side, tapering downward.
Rim in blue with single white spiral thread; body decorated with parallel bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming a regular pattern: blue with double fine white spiral threads, blue, white layered with blue, red, and yellow.
Some pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior; some iridescent weathering on jagged edges.
Translucent cobalt blue, purple appearing opaque brick red, opaque yellow and white.
Applied coil rim with rounded, vertical lip; convex curving side, tapering downward.
Rim in blue with single white spiral thread; body decorated with parallel bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming a regular pattern: blue with double fine white spiral threads, blue, white layered with blue, red, and yellow.
Some pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy weathering on interior; some iridescent weathering on jagged 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: 1 1/16 x 15/16 in. (2.7 x 2.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1844
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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