bowl
Object NameStriped Mosaic Bowl
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 25 BCE-50 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Italy
TechniqueFused in/on mold, polished
SizeOverall H: 4.3 cm, Diam: 13.5 cm
Accession Number66.1.214
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Caesars
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionCanes of translucent yellow-green, deep blue, amber, amethyst, yellow and opaque white, also amethyst canes with opaque white twists and colorless cane with yellow twists, pitted on exterior, interior still retains thin milky weathering product; preformed rods and cane fused in or on mold, then polished. Shallow bowl; rim rounded by grinding; upper part of side straight, lower part curves in toward bottom; narrow, concave base. Design consists of a central cane of a yellow center with surrounding yellow dots in an amethyst matrix surrounded by white in a blue square, from this square radiates a cross of yellow-green bands which divide the bowl into four quadrants, each quadrant is filled with bands placed at right angles in the following repetitive pattern from center to edge; deep blue, opaque white, amethyst with opaque white spiral, yellow-brown, colorless with yellow spiral, amethyst casing an opaque white trail, yellow, blue with amethyst streaks, yellow-brown, colorless with opaque white strips and blue-green; the rim is finished with a coil of light green glass wound with a spiral of yellow-brown.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
