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For a similar dish see no. 534, p.197 in Goldstein, Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass.
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A ROMAN RIBBON GLASS DISH
circa 1st century b.c.
The lens shaped bowl formed of opaque bands of red, yellow and green interspersed with bands of transluscent blue and transluscent blue with milky white streaks, and a colorless band with yellow streaks, the opaque bands laid into transluscent blue on the exterior, the rim a blue cane spirally wound with white
3 in. (8.9 cm) in diameter
circa 1st century b.c.
The lens shaped bowl formed of opaque bands of red, yellow and green interspersed with bands of transluscent blue and transluscent blue with milky white streaks, and a colorless band with yellow streaks, the opaque bands laid into transluscent blue on the exterior, the rim a blue cane spirally wound with white
3 in. (8.9 cm) in diameter