Fragment of a bowl
Fragment of a bowl

Currently not on view

Fragment of a bowl,

late 1st century BCE

Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
1995-155

Information

Title
Fragment of a bowl
Dates

late 1st century BCE

Medium
Opaque blue and white glass; translucent purple glass
Dimensions
pres. h. 4.3 cm., w. 2.5 cm., th. 0.31 cm., original diam. rim ca.11 cm. (1 11/16 x 1 x 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Jessie P. Frothingham, Class of 1949
Object Number
1995-155
Place Made

Probably Italy

Description
Rim and upper part of body of a convex, probably hemispherical bowl. Rim made of a twisted, thick blue rod with a thin white stripe of glass. Body of composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of canes: a six-petal rosette with a blue-in-white central rod surrounded by six blue-in-white petals, in turn surrounded by ten white rods set in translucent purple.
Culture
Roman (style or period)
Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
millefiori glass, fragments
Materials
millefiori glass, pressed glass
Techniques
slumped
Subject
rosettes, glassblowing

Given to the Museum by bequest of Jessie P. Frothingham

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