Glass bowl
Colorless with translucent purple streak.
Uneven, angular, and slightly inverted rim; hemispherical body with straight side, tapering diagonally downward and then curving in ; convex bottom.
On interior, two horizontal grooves cut in a band below rim; on exterior, a band of two lightly abraded grooves around bottom with small circle at center.
Intact, but many internal strain cracks around side below rim and in bottom; some pinprick bubbles; isolated patches of deep pitting and brownish iridescent weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior.
Uneven, angular, and slightly inverted rim; hemispherical body with straight side, tapering diagonally downward and then curving in ; convex bottom.
On interior, two horizontal grooves cut in a band below rim; on exterior, a band of two lightly abraded grooves around bottom with small circle at center.
Intact, but many internal strain cracks around side below rim and in bottom; some pinprick bubbles; isolated patches of deep pitting and brownish iridescent weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bowl
- Period: Late Hellenistic
- Date: mid-2nd–early 1st century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
- Medium: Glass; cast and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Diam.: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Cole Porter, 1951
- Object Number: 51.107
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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