Glass bowl decorated with hunting scenes, Late Imperial, 2nd half of the 4th–early 5th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and cut, H. 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm), Glass, Translucent deep blue green., Slightly inverted, ground rim; hemispherical body and round bottom., Cut decoration: below rim, a band of three horizontal grooves, two narrow flanking above and below a broader groove; on side, a frieze containing seven human figures and four animals, showing a man facing right and wearing only a pallium (cloak) and boots, half leaning on a spear and collapsing into the arms of a long-haired female comrade behind him, dressed in a short tunic and greaves, and in front of him a naked female with long shawl over her outstretched arms; behind her to the right, a band of oval facets indicating a lair in which there is a boar, attacked from above by a hunting dog; to right of boar, a youthful man facing left, with short-cropped hair and fillet on his head and a pallium over his right shoulder, thrusts a spear at the boar, with a dog advancing left at his feet; to the right two archers take aim at the boar, the one behind the hunter probably a woman wearing a tunic, pallium, and boots, the other behind her a young man wearing only a pallium and boots, between them a tree; behind the second archer, a bearded man wearing a helmet (or Phrygian cap) and a pallium over his left shoulder, and holding a shield on his right arm, advances to the right with his left leg raised as he thrusts his spear downwards at the rear half of another boar that is plunging into a lair flanked by trees; below frieze, a single deep concentric groove, marking the ground line, enclosing a central medallion on bottom containing a draped bust in profile to left, wearing a crested helmet and holding a transverse spear
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Glass bowl decorated, hunting scenes, Late Imperial, 2nd half, 4th–early 5th century .D, Roman, Glass, blown, cut, H, 3 1/16, 7.7 cm, Translucent deep, blue, green, Slightly inverted, ground rim, hemispherical body, round bottom, Cut decoration, rim, band, three horizontal, grooves, two narrow, flanking, broader groove, side, frieze containing, seven, human, figures, four animals, showing, man facing, right, wearing, pallium, cloak, boots, half leaning, spear, collapsing, arms, long-haired female, comrade, dressed, short tunic, greaves, front, naked, long shawl, outstretched arms, oval facets, indicating, lair, boar, attacked, dog, youthful man, facing, left, short-cropped hair, fillet, head, right shoulder, thrusts, dog advancing, feet, two, archers, take, aim, hunter, woman wearing, tunic, young, tree, second archer, bearded, helmet, Phrygian cap, left, holding, shield, arm, advances, leg, raised, spear downwards, rear, another boar, plunging, lair flanked, trees, frieze, single, concentric, groove, marking, line, enclosing, central medallion, bottom, draped bust, profile, crested helmet, transverse spear
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