Glass bowl with cut decoration
Colorless.
Plain vertical rim with thickened, rounded lip; vertical side to body, curving in to flat bottom, slightly domed on interior.
Below rim, one horizontal rounded trail; two more finer trails applied as concentric circles around bottom; on body, two rows of vertical, short, wheel-cut lines, twenty-two in upper row, twenty-one in lower; on bottom, central round cut indent.
Broken and repaired, with tiny chips missing; almost all of surfaces covered in dulling, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
Plain vertical rim with thickened, rounded lip; vertical side to body, curving in to flat bottom, slightly domed on interior.
Below rim, one horizontal rounded trail; two more finer trails applied as concentric circles around bottom; on body, two rows of vertical, short, wheel-cut lines, twenty-two in upper row, twenty-one in lower; on bottom, central round cut indent.
Broken and repaired, with tiny chips missing; almost all of surfaces covered in dulling, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bowl with cut decoration
- Period: Mid–Late Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, trailed, and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
Diam.: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
- Object Number: 81.10.242
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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