Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Glass from the Ancient World
Place Made
Eastern Mediterranean
Physical DescriptionCanes of amethyst amber with opaque white spirals and translucent amethyst center; translucent amethyst with opaque white spirals and translucent amber center; one amethyst matrix with opaque white star pattern and opaque yellow center, rectangular amethyst canes with three opaque white stripes running lengthwise, chips of blue-green matrix with opaque yellow spirals, and opaque medium blue, opaque yellow and opaque white chips, dull exterior surface, some pitting on interior surface; preformed canes fused in mold, interior lathe-polished, exterior fire-polished. Shallow bowl, rounded rim finished with large amethyst cane with opaque white twist, subsequently ground and fire-polished; side curves inward to form slightly rounded base; two opposing holes, D: 0.3 cm, drilled in wall, shortly below rim, one filled with copper or bronze. Provenance
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