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Object NameBowl, Fragment

Made FromGlass

Date200-399 or later

Techniqueblown, wheel-cut

SizeOverall H: 5 cm , D: 7 cm, Th (max): 0.3 cm

Accession Number55.1.150

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Egypt

Physical DescriptionTransparent olive green glass, with few small bubbles; blown and wheel-cut. Bowl: hemispherical. Wheel-engraved decoration on exterior, but intended to be viewed from inside, comprises parts of three registers on wall, and circular medallion on base: (a) vine-scroll, with leaves and possibly other motifs in spaces below; (b) narrow band of herringbone ornament between ribbon-like borders with vertical hatching; (c) tall, narrow hexagons arranged in contiguous band to imitate gadroons; (in medallion) unidentified ornament.
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