#ancient roman glass
A glass bowl decorated using a technique called mosaic glass or millefiori (a thousand flowers) as the finished result often looks like a flower pattern.
This looked was achieved by slowly melting different coloured glass rods, fusing them together, then cutting them into discs and placing them in a mould.
Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection:H2901
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A deep blue-green cast glass bowl from the Mediterranean, probably 1st century BC to 1st half of the 1st century AD
Image from the National Museums Scotland via their online collection: A.1966.64
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1st century Roman glass flask
Image from The J. Paul Getty Museum via their online collection:2003.365
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