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Rock crystal bowl
Rock crystal bowl
Rock crystal bowl
Artist :
Anonymous
Date : approx. between 200 and 500
Material : Rock crystal
Acquisition : Bequest of Ada Small Moore (1955)
Empereurs romains et byzantins
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzance II
Center - Ground Floor
Item
26
on 33
Objet(s) d'Art
Dishes (Bol)
Vitrine : V02
Area related
Carthage
(
Tunisie
)
Description
The five rock crystal works exhibited in this case were founded in a cistern in Carthage. They demonstrate the quality of the arts of a great city as the Roman world became Byzantine.
