‘Millefiori’ ribbon glass cup from Pompeii

Stemless glass cup made from ribbons of spiral, colored, and millefiori glass, in shades of yellow, green, deep blue, light blue, white, and maroon. Regular bands of yellow spiral glass separate the solid colored stripes; yellow spiral glass also forms the rim.

 

1st century BCE

Pompeii, Italy

 

Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (MANN)

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