Fragment of Bowl

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Bowl
Place Made: 
Rome
Accession Number: 
66.1.123
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
75 BCE-25 CE
Primary Description: 
Star canes with opaque white centers and radiating arms in a translucent yellow-brown matrix alternate with a circular cane of the same matrix with an opaque white center and an opaque white casing, bubbly glass pitted with some stone, interior polished recently, exterior pitted and dull; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, subsequently polished. Fragment preserves section of rim and part of body from a large carinated bowl, narrow horizontal rim bends down and in to form a deep collar before bending a second time into the globular body as far as preserved.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Sangiorgi, Sergio (Italian), Source
1966
Sangiorgi, Giorgio (Italian, 1886-1965), Former Collection
Color: 
Opaque white, yellow-brown
Technique: 
mosaic glass or millefiori technique, polished

Publications (1)

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 187, #498, pls. 29, 41; BIB# 29547