bowl

Object NameLace Mosaic Bowl

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 25 BCE-50 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Italy

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

On ViewAncient Gallery

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.
Provenance

Source Sergio Sangiorgi (Italian) - 1966

Former Collection Giorgio Sangiorgi (Italian, 1886-1965)