Glass mosaic bowl
Colorless, translucent cobalt blue, opaque yellow, and opaque white.
Outsplayed horizontal rim with rounded edge; S-shaped side tapering downwards to slightly convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with thick beveled edge, applied as a coil with join down one side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a composite cane in a colorless ground with a yellow spiral surrounding two small rings, one in blue, the other in white, and central dot in blue; interspersed with this cane are a number of irregular segments in blue with a central white stripe, and around the side and rim others in streaky yellow; the base ring is yellow streaked with blue and white threads.
Intact; some bubbles; dulling, some patches of deep pitting, slight reddish brown soil encrustation, and faint weathering.
Outsplayed horizontal rim with rounded edge; S-shaped side tapering downwards to slightly convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with thick beveled edge, applied as a coil with join down one side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a composite cane in a colorless ground with a yellow spiral surrounding two small rings, one in blue, the other in white, and central dot in blue; interspersed with this cane are a number of irregular segments in blue with a central white stripe, and around the side and rim others in streaky yellow; the base ring is yellow streaked with blue and white threads.
Intact; some bubbles; dulling, some patches of deep pitting, slight reddish brown soil encrustation, and faint weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic bowl
- Period: Hellenistic or Early Imperial
- Date: 2nd–1st century BCE
- Culture: Greek or Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Height: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1399
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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