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Translucent very pale blue green.
Vertical, rounded rim; convex upper sides, then turned in at an angle and curving down to flat bottom.
Wheel-cut decoration on interior, comprising a broad horizontal groove below rim and two parallel, narrower lines at angle in sides.
Intact, but internal cracks and slight notches in rim; few bubbles; deep pitting, brilliant iridescence, and milky white weathering.
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Title: Glass bowl
Period: Early Imperial, Augustan
Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; cast and cut
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 9/16in. (3.9cm)
Diam.: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Object Number: 74.51.5825
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