About this artwork
In ancient Rome, there was a high demand for colorful glass that could dazzle banquet guests alongside the expensive silver and gold serving wares meant to impress. Fragments like this one would have once been a part of larger mosaic dishes. The ribbon pattern was made by bundling rows of parallel rods of glass, which were then fused to create swirling patterns.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium
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Artist
- Ancient Roman
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Title
- Fragment of a Bowl
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Place
- Roman Empire (Object made in)
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Date
- 100 BCE–100 CE
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Medium
- Glass
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Dimensions
- 8.5 × 6.4 × 1.5 cm (3 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 3 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
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Reference Number
- 1949.1221
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/67601/manifest.json