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Glass striped mosaic fragment

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Not on view
Body fragment.
Translucent blue, blue largely layered with yellow appearing dull green, purple appearing opaque deep brick red, and opaque yellow, with colorless glass.
Convex curving side.
Decorated with broad parallel bands, forming a pattern: blue, yellow, red, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, green, blue, colorless with double spiral yellow threads, and brown, with thin separating lines in colorless glass.
Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior; some weathering on jagged edges.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass striped mosaic fragment
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; cast
  • Dimensions: Other: 13/16 x 1 3/4 in. (2.1 x 4.4 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1841
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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