Glass bowl with painted decoration 3rd century Greek Colorless; gilding and red enamel vertical rim; side of body sloping in and rounded at bottom; flat and gilded decoration on interior: building with a gabled roof and a porch supported by columns, flanked by trees; in the left foreground is a large Macedonian shield; on the right a large box (pyxis) with pointed and repaired with areas of fill; some pinprick bubbles; rotary grinding marks; black, enamel-like weathering and the interior of these bowls () are painted scene
Glass bowl with painted decoration 3rd century Greek Colorless; gilding and red enamel vertical rim; side of body sloping in and rounded at bottom; flat and gilded decoration on interior: building with a gabled roof and a porch supported by columns, flanked by trees; in the left foreground is a large Macedonian shield; on the right a large box (pyxis) with pointed and repaired with areas of fill; some pinprick bubbles; rotary grinding marks; black, enamel-like weathering and the interior of these bowls () are painted scenes in red and gold leaf, possibly also with other colors now indiscernible. Both scenes can be taken to represent sanctuaries, suggesting that the glass bowls may have been made as ritual Glass bowl with painted decoration. Greek. 3rd century glass; cast and painted. Hellenistic. Glass
Size: 4000px × 3732px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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