Glass ribbed bowl
Translucent honey brown.
Slightly outsplayed rim with almost pointed top edge and plain inward-sloping band below, deep convex side curving in to slightly concave bottom.
On interior, a single broad and deep horizontal groove below rim, and a band of three (?) narrow, close-set shallow grooves around middle of body; on exterior, seventeen long, vertical ribs with flattened tops, tapering downwards, and extending to edge of bottom.
Broken and repaired with numerous cracks and one chip missing from rim; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, deep pitting, and patches of brilliant iridescence.
Rotary grinding marks on interior and on plain band below rim on exterior.
Slightly outsplayed rim with almost pointed top edge and plain inward-sloping band below, deep convex side curving in to slightly concave bottom.
On interior, a single broad and deep horizontal groove below rim, and a band of three (?) narrow, close-set shallow grooves around middle of body; on exterior, seventeen long, vertical ribs with flattened tops, tapering downwards, and extending to edge of bottom.
Broken and repaired with numerous cracks and one chip missing from rim; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, deep pitting, and patches of brilliant iridescence.
Rotary grinding marks on interior and on plain band below rim on exterior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass ribbed bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Diam.: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.212
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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