Glass network mosaic bowl fragment

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Rim fragment.
Translucent blue, opaque white, and colorless.
Applied coil rim with rounded lip; slightly convex curving side, tapering downward.
Rim in blue with fine double white spiral threads; body decorated with eleven colorless narrow canes slanting from top right to bottom left, decorated with two spirally twisted white threads.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges.

The body of the vessel, probably a hemispherical bowl, is decorated with lengths of glass comprising a colorless cane wound spirally with parallel threads in opaque white glass. The rim is marked by a separate cane of blue and white threads.

Artwork Details

Overview

Title: Glass network mosaic bowl fragment
Period: Early Imperial
Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; cast
Dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. (4.8 x 3.3 cm); estimated diam. of rim 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.1676
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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