Glass bowl decorated with four busts in roundels, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and cut, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Glass, Colorless with a pale green tinge., Plain vertical rim with uneven ground lip; hemispherical body; slightly flattened bottom., Below rim, single horizontal groove; on body, four large circular conjoining medallions, one of which overlaps the groove around rim; between the medallions at the top of side, two abraded eight-rayed stars on one side and two abraded shrines (aedicula) with a triangular pediment supported by two columns; on bottom, another abraded eight-rayed star with four dots above in spandrels between medallions; the medallions comprise two concentric circles, cut on a lathe, with 40-45 short abraded radiating cuts between; within the medallions, four busts, facing front, with head turned in profile to left, each wearing a tunic with a V-neck covering the shoulders, portraying a beardless youth with short spiky hair
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Glass bowl decorated, four busts, roundels, Late Imperial, 4th century .D, Roman, Glass, blown, cut, H, 2 3/8, 6 cm, Colorless, pale green tinge, Plain vertical, rim, uneven ground, lip, hemispherical body, slightly flattened, bottom, single horizontal, groove, body, large, circular, conjoining, medallions, overlaps, top, side, two abraded, eight-rayed, stars, shrines, aedicula, triangular pediment, supported, columns, another, star, dots, spandrels, medallions comprise, two, concentric, circles, lathe, 40-45 short, abraded, radiating, cuts, within, facing front, head turned, profile, left, wearing, tunic, V-neck covering, shoulders, portraying, beardless youth, short spiky, hair
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