Glass ribbed bowl
Translucent blue green.
Vertical rim with rounded top edge; plain band sloping obliquely outward around top of sides, then bulging outward before curving in sharply to flat bottom.
On interior, four concentric grooves: one just below rim, two in a band at junction of side and bottom, and one small, broader circle at center; on exterior, eighty-two short, close-set, and sharply defined vertical ribs of slightly varying length and width, with tops ground off, arranged around the bulging middle section of body.
Intact, but several internal cracks around rim; few bubbles; large areas of iridescent creamy brown weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on plain band around top of sides and on interior.
Vertical rim with rounded top edge; plain band sloping obliquely outward around top of sides, then bulging outward before curving in sharply to flat bottom.
On interior, four concentric grooves: one just below rim, two in a band at junction of side and bottom, and one small, broader circle at center; on exterior, eighty-two short, close-set, and sharply defined vertical ribs of slightly varying length and width, with tops ground off, arranged around the bulging middle section of body.
Intact, but several internal cracks around rim; few bubbles; large areas of iridescent creamy brown weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on plain band around top of sides and on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass ribbed bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–mid 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
- Dimensions: 1 13/16in. (4.6cm)
Other: 5 5/16in. (13.5cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.41
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Roman
late 1st century BCE
Sasanian
ca. 6th–7th century CE
first half 18th century
Manufacturer C. Dorflinger and Sons
ca. 1908–12
American
1820–40
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