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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Culture
- Ancient Roman
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Title
- Bowl Fragment
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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, ribbon technique
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Dimensions
- 3.5 × 5.1 × 0.3 cm (1 3/8 × 2 × 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
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Reference Number
- 1949.1286
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/67849/manifest.json