fragment

Object NameFragment with Fish

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 300-399

Place MadeRoman Empire

TechniqueBlown, wheel-abraded

SizeOverall L: 6.9 cm, W: 4.2 cm

Accession Number76.1.152

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent light olive green glass; tiny bubbles; blown, wheel-abraded. Fragment of dish or bowl. Wheel-abraded decoration on outside: (viewed from inside) part of circular medallion outlined by two concentric circles, 0.3 cm apart; outside medallion, concentric band of geometric ornament, of which one chevron with double outline survives; inside medallion, near left edge, part of fish swimming toward left, with oval eye, mouth indicated by two parallel horizontal lines, gill by vertical line, and dorsal fin by row of short parallel lines; behind gill, surviving part of body is completely abraded; above fish, part of small oval motif; below fish, small oval motif and row of parallel cuts, possibly dorsal fin of fish swimming toward right.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
Formerly in the Smith Collection (555-26)