Glass ribbed bowl

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent yellow green.
Outsplayed rim, with upright rounded edge and plain inward-sloping band below; convex side curving in downwards; concave bottom.
On interior, a single broad horizontal groove at junction of rim and side; on exterior, forty-three short, unevely-spaced ribs of varying length and width, arranged around bulging middle section of body, occasionally flanked by vertical tooling marks.
Intact; some internal strain cracks; some pinprick and a few large bubbles; dulling on interior and around band below rim on exterior, and some small patches of iridescent brownish weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior.

Greenish cup with cut bands inside.

Glass ribbed bowl, Glass, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

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