Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
Translucent purple and opaque white.
Thick, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; straight side tapering slightly downward.
Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from lengths of one or more canes in a purple ground with white spirals and fine threads in parallel lines; on exterior, traces of one vertical shallow rib.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, creamy weathering, and some iridescence on exterior and jagged edges.
Thick, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; straight side tapering slightly downward.
Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from lengths of one or more canes in a purple ground with white spirals and fine threads in parallel lines; on exterior, traces of one vertical shallow rib.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, creamy weathering, and some iridescence 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
- Dimensions: Other: 1 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (3.4 x 7 cm); estimated diam. of rim 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1792
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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