Glass bowl
Translucent light blue.
Slightly outsplayed vertical rim, with uneven, ground lip; biconical body; small, concave bottom.
Two bands of horizontal cut lines on body: one is a single fairly thick groove just below the rim; the other comprises two similar grooves flanking a broader groove, located just below point of carination.
Intact; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, most of interior covered with thick creamy weathering.
Slightly outsplayed vertical rim, with uneven, ground lip; biconical body; small, concave bottom.
Two bands of horizontal cut lines on body: one is a single fairly thick groove just below the rim; the other comprises two similar grooves flanking a broader groove, located just below point of carination.
Intact; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, most of interior covered with thick creamy weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Diam.: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.173
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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