Glass mosaic bowl

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 168

Translucent purple body with opaque white and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncertain.

Horizontal rim with rounded, slightly downturned edge; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; convex bottom within applied outsplayed base ring with rounded edge.

Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with numerous white rods surrounding a white circle filled with a red rod.

Intact; slight pitting, dulling, and patches of iridescent weathering on interior and covering all of exterior and base ring.

Glass mosaic bowl, Glass, Roman

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