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Glass monochrome dish fragment

1st half of 1st century CE
Not on view
Fragment of large dish.
Opaque red.
Flat interior; on exterior, solid foot ring flanked to either side by a single concentric relief line.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; encrustation and thick green weathering on exterior and broken edges.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass monochrome dish fragment
  • Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
  • Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; cast and cut
  • Dimensions: Other: 1 5/16 x 1 11/16 in. (3.4 x 4.3 cm)
    Est. diameter of foot ring 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1716
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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