Glass mosaic carinated bowl fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent deep purple, turquoise blue, partially mixed with yellow and appearing green, opaque white and yellow.
Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two deep convex curves, the upper one narrow.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white outer circle, a central white rod encircled by blue and a yellow circle; the second in a blue ground with a central white rod encircled by yellow spokes outlined in yellow.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, deep pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, underside of rim, and jagged edges.
Translucent deep purple, turquoise blue, partially mixed with yellow and appearing green, opaque white and yellow.
Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two deep convex curves, the upper one narrow.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a white outer circle, a central white rod encircled by blue and a yellow circle; the second in a blue ground with a central white rod encircled by yellow spokes outlined in yellow.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, deep pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, underside of rim, and jagged edges.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic carinated 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 1 13/16 in. (3.5 x 4.6 cm); estimated diam. of rim 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1809
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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