Glass garland bowl, Early Imperial, Augustan, late 1st century B.C., Roman, Glass; cast and cut, H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), diameter 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm), Glass, Colorless, translucent purple, translucent honey yellow, translucent cobalt blue, opaque yellow, and opaque white. Vertical, angular rim; convex curving side, tapering downwards; convex bottom. Four large segments of colorless, purple, yellow, and blue, and applied to the interior of the bowl at the center of each segment a hanging garland, comprising an inverted V-shaped white string above a U-shaped swag made up of a mosaic pattern formed from polgonal or circular sections of four different composite canes: one in a yellow ground with a white spiral, a second in a purple ground with yellow rods, the third in a colorless ground with white lines raditating from a central yellow rod, and the fourth in a blue ground a white spiral
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Glass garland bowl, Early Imperial, Augustan, late 1st century B.C, Roman, Glass, cast, cut, H, 1 1/2, 3.8 cm, diameter, 7 1/8, 18.1, Colorless, translucent purple, honey yellow, cobalt, blue, opaque white, Vertical, angular rim, convex curving, side, tapering downwards, bottom, Four large, segments, colorless, purple, yellow, applied, interior, bowl, center, segment, hanging garland, comprising, inverted V-shaped, white, string, U-shaped swag, up, mosaic pattern, formed, polgonal, circular sections, four different, composite, canes, yellow ground, white spiral, second, purple rods, third, colorless lines, raditating, central, rod, fourth, blue
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