Glass ribbed bowl

1st century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent honey brown but with greenish tinge.
Slightly inverted rim with almost pointed top edge; sides curving in to uneven, flat bottom.
On interior, a band of two horizontal grooves below rim; on exterior, twenty diagonal ribs of varying length, width, and thickness, with irregular rounded tops, arranged around central part of side.
Intact; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling on interior and around plain band below rim on exterior; some encrustation in upper groove on interior, and many surface scratch marks.
Rotary grinding marks on interior; tooling marks in band below rim on exterior.

Artwork Details

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References

Title: Glass ribbed bowl
Period: Late Hellenistic
Date: 1st century BCE
Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium: Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
Dimensions: H.: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Diam.: 6 in. (15.3 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.196
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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