Glass mosaic carinated bowl
Translucent turquoise green body with translucent deep purple, opaque white, opaque yellow, and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncertain.
Outsplayed rim with angular 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 four canes: the first in a green ground with numerous yellow rods surrounding a central red rod; the second in a green ground with numerous yellow rods surrounding a central white rod; the third in a purple ground with a white circle surrounding a central white rod; and the fourth in a purple ground with numerous yellow rods.
Intact, except for one small weathered chip in base ring; pitting of pinprick bubbles, dulling and iridescent weathering on interior, base ring, and bottom.
Outsplayed rim with angular 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 four canes: the first in a green ground with numerous yellow rods surrounding a central red rod; the second in a green ground with numerous yellow rods surrounding a central white rod; the third in a purple ground with a white circle surrounding a central white rod; and the fourth in a purple ground with numerous yellow rods.
Intact, except for one small weathered chip in base ring; pitting of pinprick bubbles, dulling and iridescent weathering on interior, base ring, and bottom.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic carinated bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: H.: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Diam.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
- Object Number: 12.212.2
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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