Glass bowl

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Colorless with pale yellow green tinge.
Rounded vertical rim; sides curving in to slightly uneven, flat bottom.
Decoration of horizontal wheel-cut grooves on interior, comprising a single broad groove below rim and a band of two narrow grooves around lower body.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and weathering, and brilliant iridescence, with some patches of the original polished surface.

Colorless shallow glass bowl with incised lines.

Glass bowl, Glass, Roman

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