Glass striped mosaic bowl

Roman, probably Italian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent blue, green, and yellow, opaque white and yellow, with colorless glass.

Vertical rim with angular edge; convex curving side tapering downwards to concave bottom.

Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two alternating canes laid side by side in seven parallel rows and separated from one another by single lengths of a network cane in colorless glass wound spirally with two opaque yellow threads; one cane comprises a central length of blue flanked by two white stripes, and the other comprises a central length of translucent yellow outlined in white and flanked by two green stripes; a colorless network cane wound spirally with a fine double yellow thread is attached as rim.

Complete, but broken and repaired; many pinprick bubbles; pitting and creamy white iridescent weathering.

Glass striped mosaic bowl, Glass, Roman, probably Italian

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