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Glass mosaic vessel fragment

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Not on view
Thick-walled lid fragment.
Translucent honey brown and opaque white.
Rim with tapering edge, rounded at bottom; convex curving body forming dome, with chamfered band above rim; hole in body.
Spiral mosaic pattern formed from lengths of a single cane in a brown ground with wavy white threads.
Chipped around hole on upper side; dulling, pitting, and some iridescent weathering on both sides and edges.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass mosaic vessel fragment
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; cast, cut, and drilled
  • Dimensions: Other: 1 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (4.4 x 5.4 cm); estimated diam. of rim: 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1784
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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