Glass mosaic bowl

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Semi-opaque deep purple, appearing black, opaque white, opaque yellow, and opaque red; color(s) of base ring uncertain, but including trails of yellow and blue, appearing opaque green.

Outsplayed rim with uneven rounded lip; carinated side, with two convex curves, the upper being shallow and the lower deep; slightly 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 outlined in white, each with a ring of yellow rods around concentric circles in yellow and red and a central white dot.

Broken and repaired, but complete; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering.

Glass mosaic bowl, Glass, Roman

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