Glass network mosaic bowl fragment

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Rim fragment.
Translucent blue, opaque yellow, and colorless.
Applied coil rim; slightly convex curving side, tapering downward.
Rim in blue with white spiral thread; body decorated with fourteen colorless canes, slanting from top left to bottom right, decorated with double spirally twisted white threads.
Rim partially chipped; pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and creamy weathering on interior; jagged, weathered edges.

Bowls of this type with network patterns typically have a rim made in contrasting colors, as here in blue and opaque white.

Glass network mosaic bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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