Glass hemispherical bowl

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent yellow green.
Rounded, slightly inverted rim; hemispherical body with convex curving side; convex bottom.
On interior, two narrow horizontal grooves cut in a band below rim; on exterior, a single lightly abraded small circular groove around bottom.
Complete, but large crack in one side and strain cracks around most of body below rim; some pinprick bubbles; isolated patches of pitting and iridescent weathering on exterior.
Rotary grinding marks on interior.

Yellow glass bowl with two cut bands round the rim.

Glass hemispherical bowl, Glass, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

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