Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 199

Body fragment.

Translucent cobalt blue, purple, and opaque white.

Convex curving side tapering downward.

Marbled mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in blue ground with irregular white and purple threads and streaks; on exterior, vertical rib, tapering and becoming deeper with rounded outer edge.

Polished exterior and edge along rib; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; pitting and dulling on interior; some weathering on jagged edges.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman
Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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