ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Mosaic Glass Fragment
CultureRoman
Date1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of Furman Hebb
Dimensions3/4 x 1/2 in. (1.9 x 1.3 cm)
Object number1985.018.012
Label TextThese vessel fragments mainly from shallow bowls, were manufactured in Rome during the first century B.C. and early first century A.D. and illustrate the diversity of Roman mosaic glass. Although mosaic glass had been invented by Hellenistic glassmakers in the second half of the third century B.C., the Roman glassmakers of the Augustan and Julio-Claudian periods brought this technique to new heights. The Roman mosaic vessels were made from sections or from lengths of monochrome or polychrome mosaic glass canes that were cast in a mold before being fried. In some cases, the sections and lengths of the rods were intertwined together.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
ProvenanceEx coll. Furman Hebb (1930-2021), New York, New York, purchased May 1985.
Status
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- Greek and Roman Art
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
