Glass bowl fragments with cut decoration
Translucent green.
Hemispherical bowl with plain, ground rim; convex curving side; round bottom.
Below rim, a single horizontal wheel-cut groove; around body, a figural frieze. It comprises three figures wearing short-sleeved tunics, facing front with their heads turned in profile to left and their arms raised, standing above a structure marked with five courses of masonry in which two opening are visible (probably three existed); to the right of the structure, the lower part of a column and the legs and lower body of a robed figure; to the left, three other standing figures, one apparently wearing leggings, flanking a rock from which flows a stream of water. On the bottom, is a circular medallion, in which is depicted a man, standing facing left, wearing a long robe and with a long staff under his outstretched right arm.
Broken and incomplete, repaired from six joining fragments (including 1992.61); some pinprick bubbles; patches of severe pitting and weathering, with dulling and iridescence.
The bowl is decorated with Christian scenes that represent well-known stories from the Old Testament. The figure in the medallion at the bottom is either Moses or Aaron; his staff is the rod that turned into a snake. On the body are two separate scenes: one is of the Three Youths in the Furnace; the other shows Moses and the Miracle of the Rock in Horeb.
Hemispherical bowl with plain, ground rim; convex curving side; round bottom.
Below rim, a single horizontal wheel-cut groove; around body, a figural frieze. It comprises three figures wearing short-sleeved tunics, facing front with their heads turned in profile to left and their arms raised, standing above a structure marked with five courses of masonry in which two opening are visible (probably three existed); to the right of the structure, the lower part of a column and the legs and lower body of a robed figure; to the left, three other standing figures, one apparently wearing leggings, flanking a rock from which flows a stream of water. On the bottom, is a circular medallion, in which is depicted a man, standing facing left, wearing a long robe and with a long staff under his outstretched right arm.
Broken and incomplete, repaired from six joining fragments (including 1992.61); some pinprick bubbles; patches of severe pitting and weathering, with dulling and iridescence.
The bowl is decorated with Christian scenes that represent well-known stories from the Old Testament. The figure in the medallion at the bottom is either Moses or Aaron; his staff is the rod that turned into a snake. On the body are two separate scenes: one is of the Three Youths in the Furnace; the other shows Moses and the Miracle of the Rock in Horeb.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bowl fragments with cut decoration
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: ca. 330–380 CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H. 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm)
diameter 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.324
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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