bowl
- Museum number
- 1896,0630.2
- Description
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Hemispherical core-formed bowl of `network' mosaic glass; composed of canes of spirally twisted threads of four different colours: 1) clear blue with opaque yellow, 2) colourless with opaque white, 3) colourless with opaque yellow, 4) clear blue with opaque white. At the rim is a twisted band of clear blue with opaque white thread.
- Production date
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200BC-100BC
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150 BC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 11.40 centimetres
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Height: 6.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- A modern replica of this bowl was successfully made and presented to the British Museum by Iwao Matsushima (2016,6026.1). It shows that the original was made by core-forming rather than mould-pressing.
- Location
- On display (G22/dc4)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2013 July-August, Japan, Okayama Orient Museum, "Ancient Glass: Feast of Colour"
2013 March-June, Japan, Miho Museum, "Ancient Glass: Feast of Colour"
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1896,0630.2
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: DBH.0762
