3-037-409 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Blue Ribbed Bowl (Rippenschale) with White Trails, second half of 1st century B.C. Additional Info: Roman cast blue rippenschale drinking bowl with ribbed decoration around the body. Traces of white glass trails are visible across the ribs and once decorated the areas in between the ribs, as indicated by faint areas of iridescence. Bands of white glass decorate the area just below the slightly flared lip. The bottom of the vessel has a spiraling trail of white glass.