Fragment of a Rock Crystal Bowl
A clear oval crystal vessel with shallow relief carvings of fish arranged across its surface. The carved forms catch light along their edges, and the translucent body shows the faint outline of the gray backdrop through it.
Look closer: A small carved fish near the left edge, partly lost in the rim's shadow.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 3rd–5th century
- Medium
- Rock crystal
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 4000 × 2809 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 500).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Ada Small Moore, 1955