Glass hemispherical ribbed bowl
Translucent pale blue-green.
Slightly flaring rim with angular top edge and inward-sloping band below; convex side curving in to uneven flat bottom.
On interior, band of two fine horizontal grooves on lower part of side; on exterior, twenty-seven long, slender ribs, some vertical, others slanting, with flattened tops, tapering downwards and extaneding onto outer edge of bottom.
Intact, but one long crack running from rim down side; many pinprick and one large bubble; patches of deep pitting, dulling, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.
Cast, with ribbed sides.
Slightly flaring rim with angular top edge and inward-sloping band below; convex side curving in to uneven flat bottom.
On interior, band of two fine horizontal grooves on lower part of side; on exterior, twenty-seven long, slender ribs, some vertical, others slanting, with flattened tops, tapering downwards and extaneding onto outer edge of bottom.
Intact, but one long crack running from rim down side; many pinprick and one large bubble; patches of deep pitting, dulling, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.
Cast, with ribbed sides.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass hemispherical ribbed bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Diam.: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Object Number: 14.40.806
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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