Glass bowl fragment with gold leaf and painted decoration, Late Imperial, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman, Glass, gold, paint; blown, gold foil applied to upper surface and decorated with stylus, painted, and a second thin layer of glass pressed onto upper surface., 1 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (4.4 × 5.7 cm), Glass, Colorless with greenish tinge; gold foil and pale blue paint or enamel., Fragment from bottom of a vessel, flat on underside, slightly convex on upper surface, rising slightly towards edge., Roundel framed by a circle containing part of a marine scene with sea represented by blue horizontal lines; at bottom, a bearded male figure reclines, facing left, semi-nude with drapery across his right leg and a cloak arched over his head, his right arm extended before him and his left resting on a down-turned jar from which water pours; above, four raised forelegs and hooves, part of chest, and two standing legs of horses
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Glass bowl fragment, gold leaf, painted decoration, Late Imperial, 3rd–4th century .D, Roman, Glass, gold, paint, blown, foil applied, upper surface, decorated, stylus, painted, second thin layer, glass pressed, 1 3/4, 2 1/4, 4.4, 5.7 cm, Colorless, greenish tinge, foil, pale blue paint, enamel, Fragment, bottom, vessel, flat, underside, slightly convex, rising slightly, towards, edge, Roundel framed, circle containing, part, marine scene, sea represented, blue horizontal, lines, bearded male, figure, reclines, facing left, semi-nude, drapery across, right leg, cloak arched, head, arm, extended, left resting, down-turned jar, water pours, four raised, forelegs, hooves, chest, two standing, legs, horses
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