Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.
Slightly everted rim with rounded inner lip; at top, side tapering downward, then bulging outward with convex curving profile.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from lengths of one or more canes in a brown ground with wavy white and blue threads in parallel lines; on exterior, two vertical slender ribs, with flattened tops and rounded outer edges, tapering downward.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges; one edge ground flat.
Part of the rim and side of a deep ribbed bowl.
Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.
Slightly everted rim with rounded inner lip; at top, side tapering downward, then bulging outward with convex curving profile.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from lengths of one or more canes in a brown ground with wavy white and blue threads in parallel lines; on exterior, two vertical slender ribs, with flattened tops and rounded outer edges, tapering downward.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges; one edge ground flat.
Part of the rim and side of a deep ribbed bowl.
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: 2 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (6.4 x 3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1783
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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