COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.55.135.7
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description:
Fish and shells carved in relief decorate this remnant of a bowl. The original may have been suspended from chains and filled with oil for use as a lamp. It was one of a group of five rock-crystal objects found in a cistern in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa).
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Name-CRT:
Roman or Byzantine
Title:
Fragment of a Bowl
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
3rd?5th century
Creation Start Date:
200
Creation End Date:
499
Materials and Techniques:
Rock crystal
Creation Place:
Found in Carthage (now in Tunisia, North Africa)
Dimensions:
L. 3 11/16 in. (9.5 cm), W. 2 1/4 in. (5.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York
ID Number:
55.135.7
Credit Line:
Bequest of Ada Small Moore, 1955
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_55.135.7.tif
