Carinated glass dish

Period:: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian

Date:: 1st half of 1st century A.D.

Culture:: Roman, probably Italian

Medium:: Glass; cast and cut

Dimensions:: Diam.: 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
H.: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)

Classification:: Glass

Credit Line:: Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917

Accession Number:: 17.120.248

Not on view

Translucent emerald green.

Horizontal rim with rounded outer edge and slightly concave upper lip; carinated side, with two convex curves, the lower one being shallower than the upper; flat bottom within low rounded base ring.

Small raised circle at center of bottom on interior.

Intact; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting with brilliant iridescence and patches of thick creamy brown weathering.

Timelines
Italian Peninsula, 1–500A.D.

Department

Greek and Roman Art (17,341)

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