bowl

Object NameLace Mosaic Bowl

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 25 BCE-50 CE

TechniqueMold-formed, polished

SizeOverall H: 4.9 cm, Diam: 18.8 cm

Accession Number66.1.217

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass of the Caesars

Place Made

Roman Empire; probably Italy

Physical DescriptionColorless glass rods with opaque white twists, slightly bubbly, pitted surface with some brown incrustation, rim finished with blue-green cane spirally wound with opaque yellow trail; pre- formed canes sagged in mold, both surfaces polished. Shallow bowl with curving side and narrow concave base; formed of fifty- seven spirally-twisted canes laid side by side and sagged in mold. Rim made more level by laying on horizontally one, or locally two, similar canes before adding single blue-green cane with yellow spiral twist.
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