
<p>In ancient Rome, there was a high demand for colorful glass that could dazzle banquet guests alongside the expensive silver and gold serving wares meant to impress. Fragments like this one would have once been a part of larger mosaic dishes. The ribbon pattern was made by bundling rows of parallel rods of glass, which were then fused to create swirling patterns</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- -100
- Medium
- Glass, ribbon technique
- Dimensions
- 3.5 × 5.1 × 0.3 cm (1 3/8 × 2 × 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- -100
- Medium
- Glass, ribbon technique
- Dimensions
- 3.5 × 5.1 × 0.3 cm (1 3/8 × 2 × 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW--100-035328
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





