Glass ribbed bowl
Translucent dark yellow green.
Slightly inverted rim with angular top edge; sides curving in to broad, flat bottom.
On interior, a band of four horizontal grooves, arranged vertically in two pairs, cut on upper half of side; on exterior, thirty-one diagonal ribs of varying width and thickness, some extending almost to the bottom of the side, with irregular rounded tops.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling on interior and around plain band below rim on exterior; some patches of slight iridescence and weathering, and one large area on exterior of encrusted limy weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior.
Greenish ribbed cup, cut bands inside.
Slightly inverted rim with angular top edge; sides curving in to broad, flat bottom.
On interior, a band of four horizontal grooves, arranged vertically in two pairs, cut on upper half of side; on exterior, thirty-one diagonal ribs of varying width and thickness, some extending almost to the bottom of the side, with irregular rounded tops.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling on interior and around plain band below rim on exterior; some patches of slight iridescence and weathering, and one large area on exterior of encrusted limy weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior.
Greenish ribbed cup, cut bands inside.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass ribbed bowl
- Period: Late Hellenistic
- Date: 1st century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
- Medium: Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
Diam.: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.197
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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