Glass bowl

Period:
Late Imperial
Date:
4th century A.D.
Culture:
Roman
Medium:
Glass; blown and trailed
Dimensions:
H. 3 in. (7.6 cm) diameter 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
Classification:
Glass
Credit Line:
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number:
74.51.265
  • Description

    Colorless with pale green tinge and light purple streaks; base and trail in same colors.
    Horizontal rounded and thickened rim with slight downward kink on one side; broad, flaring mouth; funnel-shaped sides to body, turned in sharply below; applied flaring base with thick tubular ring; uneven but flat bottom with off-center pontil scar. Bowl stands aslant on base ring.
    Fine trail applied on underside of mouth, wound 2 1/2 times around top of body, and then trailed off backwards.
    Intact; pinprick and larger bubbles; very slight weathering and iridescence.

  • Provenance

    From Cyprus, said to be from a tomb at Idalion (modern Dali)

  • References

    Myres, J.L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 5724, p. 512 (illus. p. 511).

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