Glass mosaic carinated bowl

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 168

Translucent turquoise green body with translucent deep purple, opaque white, opaque yellow, and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncertain.
Outsplayed rim with angular edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; slightly convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with rounded edge.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: the first in a green ground with numerous yellow rods surrounding a central red rod; the second in a green ground with numerous yellow rods surrounding a central white rod; the third in a purple ground with a white circle surrounding a central white rod; and the fourth in a purple ground with numerous yellow rods.
Intact, except for one small weathered chip in base ring; pitting of pinprick bubbles, dulling and iridescent weathering on interior, base ring, and bottom.

Glass mosaic carinated bowl, Glass, Roman

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