Fragment of a bowl
Fragment of a bowl

Currently not on view

Fragment of a bowl,

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
y1931-25

Information

Title
Fragment of a bowl
Dates

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium
Opaque red, white, purple, and turquoise glass
Dimensions
pres. h. 1.6 cm., w. 4.6 cm., original diam. base ca. 3.4 cm. (5/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1931-25
Place Made

Probably Italy

Description
Flat, slightly concave bottom of a bowl. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of canes: a white or red-in-white central rod surrounded by ten white-in-red rods, embedded in turn within purple and turquoise layers.
Culture
Roman (style or period)
Period
Imperial (Roman)
Type
bowls (vessels), fragments
Materials
millefiori glass, pressed glass
Techniques
slumped
Subject
glassblowing

Unknown provenance; purchased by the Museum from an unknown source by at least 1931.

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