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Glass gold-band mosaic fragment

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Not on view
Body fragment.
Translucent cobalt blue, honey brown, opaque white, yellow, and colorless enclosing gold leaf.
Almost flat.
Gold-band mosaic pattern formed from sections of layered canes in bands of blue, white, yellow over brown, and colorless glass in one row, and with a segment of colorless glass with gold leaf.
A few pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and some brownish weathering on interior; one edge ground flat.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass gold-band mosaic fragment
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; cast
  • Dimensions: Other: 13/16 x 11/16 in. (2.1 x 1.7 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.2020
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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