Rock Crystal Bowl, 3rd–5th century, Roman or Byzantine, Rock crystal, Overall: 1 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 2 11/16 in. (3.5 x 8.1 x 6.9 cm), Lapidary Work-Crystal, Five rock crystal works found in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa) demonstrate the quality of the arts of that great city as the Roman world became Byzantine. The Roman naturalist Pliny, describing its beauty, believed crystal to come from snow
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Rock Crystal Bowl, 3rd–5th century, Roman, Byzantine, crystal, Overall, 1 3/8 x 3 3/16 2 11/16, 3.5 8.1 6.9 cm, Lapidary Work-Crystal, Five rock, crystal, works, cistern, Carthage, now, Tunisia, North Africa, demonstrate, quality, arts, great city, Roman world, naturalist, Pliny, describing, beauty, believed, come, snow
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