Glass ornament in the shape of a fish

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent cobalt blue; trails and blobs in opaque red and opaque white.
Solid cylindrical body tooled at front to make a large open mouth, tapering to point at back; under body, cylindrical stem and a larger circular pad.
Decoration comprises a white trail wound vertically four times round body in an irregular spiral, two white blobs for eyes, a red trail applied to mouth as lips, two red blobs behind eyes perhaps for gills, and a red flattened vertical dorsal fin applied over spiral trail; on circular pad, four red blobs on outer edge in a square pattern.
Fish complete apart from tail and part of spiral trail, and part of pad and one blob missing; dulling, slight pitting, and thick creamy weathering with patches of iridescence.

The ornament may have been attached to the side of a beaker or cup.

Glass ornament in the shape of a fish, Glass, Roman

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