Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent honey brown, blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Vertical rim with slightly inwardly-beveled edge; slightly convex curving side.
Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of two canes set in slanting lines: one cane consists of a brown ground with white rods and streaks; the other of parallel blue, red, and yellow stripes; a brown network cane wound spirally with two parallel fine white threads is attached as a rim.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges.
Part of the same bowl as 91.1.1833.
Translucent honey brown, blue, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Vertical rim with slightly inwardly-beveled edge; slightly convex curving side.
Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from short lengths of two canes set in slanting lines: one cane consists of a brown ground with white rods and streaks; the other of parallel blue, red, and yellow stripes; a brown network cane wound spirally with two parallel fine white threads is attached as a rim.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges.
Part of the same bowl as 91.1.1833.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Other: 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. (2.3 x 4.5 cm); estimated diam. of rim 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1829
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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