Fragment of a Rock Crystal Bowl, 3rd–5th century, Roman or Byzantine, Rock crystal, Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 11/16 x 1 5/8 in. (4.5 x 9.4 x 4.2 cm), Lapidary Work-Crystal, Fish and shells carved in relief decorate this fragment. When the bowl was complete, it may have been suspended by chains and filled with oil for use as a lamp. This rock crystal carving found in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa) demonstrates the quality of the arts of that great city as the Roman world became Byzantine
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Fragment, Rock Crystal Bowl, 3rd–5th century, Roman, Byzantine, crystal, Overall, 1 3/4 x 3 11/16 1 5/8, 4.5 9.4 4.2 cm, Lapidary Work-Crystal, Fish, shells carved, relief decorate, fragment, bowl, complete, suspended, chains, filled, oil, lamp, rock crystal carving, cistern, Carthage, now, Tunisia, North Africa, demonstrates, quality, arts, great city, Roman world
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