AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1947.888
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Roman
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Roman Republic and Empire
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Roman
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Title:
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Bowl
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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view from slight angle above
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Creation Date:
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Republican Period, early 1st century B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-100
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Creation End Date:
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-50
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Materials and Techniques:
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Glass
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Classification Term:
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Vessel
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Subject Description:
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This bowl contains yellow threads wound around colorless canes. The spiral pattern in the body of bowls of this kind has given them the name 'network mosaic bowls.' Most known examples were recovered in 1900 from a shipwreck that probably occured around 80 B.C. off the southwest coast of Greece near Antikythera. The discover of simlar examples in Syria, Crete, Greece, and southern Italy has led to the theory that these distinctive bowls were made in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Creation Place:
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Europe,Italy
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Dimensions:
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H.: 5 cm (2 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1947.888
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E28708.TIF
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