fragment

Object NameFragment of Bowl

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome; possibly Alexandria

TechniqueMosaic glass or millefiori, lathe-polished

SizeOverall L: 4 cm

Accession Number76.1.45

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque brick reddish-brown glass matrix with composite flower canes of simple translucent green glass matrix cased with opaque yellow and having an opaque yellow central dot, seven of these are arranged around a central cane to form a flower design; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, lathe- polished. Fragment preserves wall, foot and floor of large and deep bowl; wall bends down and in to roughly globular form with thick ring base almost square in cross section rounded on the bottom; vessel floor within base ring is flat as far as preserved.
Provenance

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)