Glass conical bowl

mid–2nd to early 1st century BCE
Not on view
Translucent honey brown.

Upright rounded rim with almost pointed upper edge; straight side, tapering diagonally downward; convex bottom.

On interior, three horizontal grooves cut in a band below rim; on exterior, two lightly abraded grooves in a band around lower body.

Broken and repaired, with two holes in side and large chip in rim; few bubbles; patches of deep pitting and weathering with brilliant iridescence on exterior, and thick creamy weathering on interior.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass conical bowl
  • Period: Late Hellenistic
  • Date: mid–2nd to early 1st century BCE
  • Culture: Greek
  • Medium: Glass; cast and cut
  • Dimensions: H.: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
    Diam.: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1404
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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