Glass mosaic carinated dish fragment
Rim fragment.
Translucent deep purple, turquoise blue, partially mixed with yellow and appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two deep convex curves, the upper one narrow.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a circle of white dots and a central white rod encircled by red; the second in a blue ground with a yellow spiral and a central white rod encircled by purple.
Polished interior; pitting and creamy weathering of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, deep pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, edge of rim, and jagged side edges; bottom straight edge unweathered.
Translucent deep purple, turquoise blue, partially mixed with yellow and appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red.
Outsplayed, almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two deep convex curves, the upper one narrow.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: one in a purple ground with a circle of white dots and a central white rod encircled by red; the second in a blue ground with a yellow spiral and a central white rod encircled by purple.
Polished interior; pitting and creamy weathering of surface bubbles on interior; dulling, deep pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, edge of rim, and jagged side edges; bottom straight edge unweathered.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic carinated dish fragment
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: H.: 3/4 x 1 11/16 in. (2 x 4.2 cm); estimated diam. of rim: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1764
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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