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Glass conical bowl

mid-2nd–early 1st century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Translucent honey brown.

Upright rounded but uneven rim; undulating side, tapering diagonally downward; convex bottom.

On interior, a single horizontal groove below rim, cut irregularly.

Broken and repaired, with one hole and several chips in side; internal strain cracks around rim; some bubbles; one patch of whitish iridescent weathering below rim on exterior, and dulling and faint weathering on interior.

Rotary grinding marks on interior; some irregular tooling marks below rim on exterior.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass conical bowl
  • Period: Late Hellenistic
  • Date: mid-2nd–early 1st century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Syro-Palestinian
  • Medium: Glass, cast and cut; cast and cut
  • Dimensions: H.: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
    Diam.: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.1405
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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