**Originally Listed At $200**

Roman, early Imperial Period, ca. late 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. A delicate bowl of a shallow, mold-formed style made from translucent glass of a pale-yellow hue. The round but stable base features an impressed bullseye motif and twenty-three raised ribs encircle the body just beneath a thick rim. The raised ribs are indicative of the pillar-molding style which refers to the process of slipping and sagging a pliable sheet of glass over a mold to create its signature 'pillars' along the exterior. Size: 3.5" W x 1.4" H (8.9 cm x 3.6 cm)

For a stylistically similar example, please see "Solid Liquid: Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Glass." Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., New York, 1999, p. 41, fig. 49.

Provenance: ex-private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA, acquired in 2011; ex-Aphrodite Ancient Art, Brooklyn, New York, USA; ex-private American collection

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Repaired from multiple pieces, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, body, and base, with light encrustations, and micro-bubbling within glass matrix. Light earthen deposits throughout.