Glass bowl
Translucent golden yellow.
Rounded, slightly inverted flaring vertical rim; sides curving in to slightly concave bottom.
Complete, but broken and repaired on one side; some pinprick bubbles and a few white gritty impurities; patches of dulling and pitting with iridescence and creamy brown weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior and fire-polished surface on exterior, with one irregular tooling groove below rim.
Rounded, slightly inverted flaring vertical rim; sides curving in to slightly concave bottom.
Complete, but broken and repaired on one side; some pinprick bubbles and a few white gritty impurities; patches of dulling and pitting with iridescence and creamy brown weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior and fire-polished surface on exterior, with one irregular tooling groove below rim.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast
- Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Diam.: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1285
- 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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