Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment
Unknown Artist
Body fragment.
Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.
Slightly outsplayed neck; straight side tapering downward and curving in at bottom.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with irregular wavy white and blue threads in parallel lines; on exterior, two broad vertical ribs, fairly widely spaced, with flattened tops and rounded outer edges.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; dulling and patches of creamy iridescent weathering on exterior; some weathering and chipping of jagged edges.
Credit: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Late 1st century B.C.-early 1st century A.D.
Glass; cast and tooled
6.1 x 3.7 cm
91.1.1680
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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