133 Ribbon Band Fragments

Object Name: 
133 Ribbon Band Fragments

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Object Name: 
133 Ribbon Band Fragments
Place Made: 
possibly Italy
possibly Egypt
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
59.1.569
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1-99
Primary Description: 
This group includes 133 fragments of ribbon band or gold band vessels in multicolored thread decoration, most of the fragments stemming from bowls.

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Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Guttmann, Former Collection
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1959-07-27
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
Multicolored, gold
multicolored

Exhibitions (1)

Title Unknown (Ontario Science Centre)
Venue(s)
Ontario Science Centre 1971 through 1971

Publications (1)

Late Hellenistic Glass in the Metropolitan Museum (1967) p. 25, #12-13 (mentions 2 fragments);