Glass bowl
Translucent golden brown.
Rounded vertical rim; sides tapering downward, then curved in to slightly concave bottom.
On interior, three horizontal wheel-cut grooves: one below rim, the other two in a band around middle of body; on exterior, plain slightly recessed band immediately below rim with ridge below.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and striations; dulling, pitting, and large patches of iridescent creamy brown weathering.
Rounded vertical rim; sides tapering downward, then curved in to slightly concave bottom.
On interior, three horizontal wheel-cut grooves: one below rim, the other two in a band around middle of body; on exterior, plain slightly recessed band immediately below rim with ridge below.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and striations; dulling, pitting, and large patches of iridescent creamy brown weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
Diam.: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1234
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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