Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
Translucent purple, cobalt blue, and light turquoise blue, opaque white, and colorless.
Outsplayed, rounded rim; convex curving side.
Mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of two or more canes; one in a purple ground with a circle of white rods around a central pattern of small squares in turquoise blue outlined in white, and the other in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a central square in purple with white dots, and irregular patches in colorless with white rods; on exterior, two widely spaced, vertical ribs, with flattened tops.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on exterior, rim, and jagged edges.
Part of the rim and side of a deep, footed ribbed bowl with broad flaring rim.
Outsplayed, rounded rim; convex curving side.
Mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of two or more canes; one in a purple ground with a circle of white rods around a central pattern of small squares in turquoise blue outlined in white, and the other in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a central square in purple with white dots, and irregular patches in colorless with white rods; on exterior, two widely spaced, vertical ribs, with flattened tops.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on exterior, rim, and jagged edges.
Part of the rim and side of a deep, footed ribbed bowl with broad flaring rim.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast and tooled
- Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (4.4 x 7 cm); est. rim diameter 8 14 in. (21 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1632
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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