בידספיריט | A NILOTIC LANDSCAPE TYPE GLASS

A NILOTIC LANDSCAPE TYPE GLASS BOWL FRAGMENT. - Roman Period, ca 1st - 4th century CE. 4.9x3.4 cm. Made of white, brown and blue glass on black background. Depicting the bust of a flamingo facing flowers. Extremely rare with a single complete parallel from the same workshop which is kept in the Corning Museum of Glass, published by: Karol, B. et al.,   The Journal of Glass Studies,   Vol. 57, 2015: 53-57. For additional fragments see also: Martin Kunz (ed.). 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1981: p. 12.