Glass ribbed bowl
Translucent pale streaky purple; trail in opaque white.
Knocked-off, uneven rim; short concave neck; squat globular body curving in to flat, thick bottom.
Trail wound spirally around body, with large circular patch on bottom, ending in a fine trail on shoulder; side tooled into twenty-three irregular, vertical ribs.
Intact, except for large chip in rim; some bubbles and a few gritty inclusions; dulling, faint iridescence and weathering, and pitting of broad trail around lower body.
Reddish amethyst bowl with white wavy lines and bottom.
Knocked-off, uneven rim; short concave neck; squat globular body curving in to flat, thick bottom.
Trail wound spirally around body, with large circular patch on bottom, ending in a fine trail on shoulder; side tooled into twenty-three irregular, vertical ribs.
Intact, except for large chip in rim; some bubbles and a few gritty inclusions; dulling, faint iridescence and weathering, and pitting of broad trail around lower body.
Reddish amethyst bowl with white wavy lines and bottom.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass ribbed bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: 1st–3rd quarter of 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; blown, trailed, and tooled
- Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.277
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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