Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
Body fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, purple, and opaque white.
Slightly outsplayed neck; deep, slightly convex curving side, tapering downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a white circle surrounding a purple ground with a central white rod; on exterior, two broad vertical ribs, fairly widely spaced, with flattened tops and rounded outer edges, tapering downward.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles and iridescent weathering in one chip on interior; dulling and iridescent weathering on exterior and jagged edges.
Translucent cobalt blue, purple, and opaque white.
Slightly outsplayed neck; deep, slightly convex curving side, tapering downward.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with a circle of white rods around a white circle surrounding a purple ground with a central white rod; on exterior, two broad vertical ribs, fairly widely spaced, with flattened tops and rounded outer edges, tapering downward.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles and iridescent weathering in one chip on interior; dulling and iridescent weathering on exterior and jagged edges.
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: Other: 1 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (4.2 x 5.5 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1785
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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