Glass mosaic carinated bowl
Semi-opaque deep purple, appearing black, translucent light blue green, opaque white, opaque yellow, and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncertain, but including trail of opaque yellow.
Outsplayed rim with slightly pointed edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; slightly convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with rounded edge.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white, each with a ring of yellow rods and a central white dot outlined in red and yellow; the second in a blue green ground with a spoked circle of yellow rods and a central white dot.
Intact; dulling and slight iridescent weathering on interior; pitting on polished exterior.
Outsplayed rim with slightly pointed edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; slightly convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with rounded edge.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white, each with a ring of yellow rods and a central white dot outlined in red and yellow; the second in a blue green ground with a spoked circle of yellow rods and a central white dot.
Intact; dulling and slight iridescent weathering on interior; pitting on polished exterior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic carinated bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 1 11/16 x 3 15/16 in. (4.3 x 10 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
- Object Number: 12.212.1
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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