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Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Not on view
Translucent deep purple and honey yellow, opaque white, and colorless.

Convex curving side, probably from the body of a broad, deep bowl.

Striped pattern formed from parallel lengths of different canes: one in purple overlaid with a network cane with a white spiral thread; another in plain white; and a third in honey yellow flanked by colorless network canes wound with white spiral threads.

Cut down into a square with ground edges; polished exterior; slight pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescence on interior.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; cast
  • Dimensions: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/16 in. (3.1 × 3.1 × 0.2 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.194.396.37
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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