Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Rim fragment.
Translucent honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.
Slightly everted rim with rounded inner lip; at top, side tapering downward, then bulging outward with convex curving profile.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from lengths of one or more canes in a brown ground with wavy white and blue threads in parallel lines; on exterior, two vertical slender ribs, with flattened tops and rounded outer edges, tapering downward.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior, rim, and jagged edges; one edge ground flat.

Part of the rim and side of a deep ribbed bowl.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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