Glass mosaic shallow dish fragment
Translucent golden brown, purple, turquoise blue partially appearing green, opaque yellow, white, and greyish blue.
Outsplayed, thick rim with rounded edge; shallow concave curving side, turned in at a sharp angle to flat bottom.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections, square segments, and rectangular lengths of eight canes: the first in a brown ground with a white spiral; the second in a brown ground with a white spiral around a large central purple rod; the third in a purple ground with a white spiral around a large central brown rod; the fourth in a purple ground with a white spiral around a large central blue rod; the fifth in alternating brown and purple flanked by parallel white stripes; the sixth in squarish yellow; the seventh in squarish white; and the eighth in squarish greyish blue. Some of the square segments are only visible on the interior. A wide brown network cane wound spirally with a white thread is attached as a rim.
Broken and repaired from two pieces; dulling, slight pitting of surface bubbles, and iridescence weathering on interior and exterior; some weathering on jagged edges. Rotary grinding on interior. Some irregular tooling indents on exterior of side.
Outsplayed, thick rim with rounded edge; shallow concave curving side, turned in at a sharp angle to flat bottom.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections, square segments, and rectangular lengths of eight canes: the first in a brown ground with a white spiral; the second in a brown ground with a white spiral around a large central purple rod; the third in a purple ground with a white spiral around a large central brown rod; the fourth in a purple ground with a white spiral around a large central blue rod; the fifth in alternating brown and purple flanked by parallel white stripes; the sixth in squarish yellow; the seventh in squarish white; and the eighth in squarish greyish blue. Some of the square segments are only visible on the interior. A wide brown network cane wound spirally with a white thread is attached as a rim.
Broken and repaired from two pieces; dulling, slight pitting of surface bubbles, and iridescence weathering on interior and exterior; some weathering on jagged edges. Rotary grinding on interior. Some irregular tooling indents on exterior of side.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic shallow dish fragment
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: 2nd–mid-1st century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean or possibly Italian
- Medium: Glass; cast and tooled
- Dimensions: 5/8 × 5 × 3/16 in. (1.7 × 12.8 × 0.4 cm)
Estimated diameter: 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.396.21
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek, Ptolemaic
ca. 2nd century BCE
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