Glass bowl
Translucent pale yellow green.
Outsplayed tubular rim, folded out, down, and in on underside of side; S-shaped profile to body; integral tubular foot ring; uneven bottom with pontil scar, forming thick dome on interior.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and some tiny inclusions; patches of thick creamy weathering, but on most of surfaces dulling and faint iridescence.
Outsplayed tubular rim, folded out, down, and in on underside of side; S-shaped profile to body; integral tubular foot ring; uneven bottom with pontil scar, forming thick dome on interior.
Intact; pinprick bubbles and some tiny inclusions; patches of thick creamy weathering, but on most of surfaces dulling and faint iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bowl
- Period: Mid Imperial
- Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown
- Dimensions: H.: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
Diam.: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.76
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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