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Glass conical bowl

mid-2nd–1st century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171
Translucent pale yellow green.
Angular rim, with slightly inverted lip at top; side tapering diagonally downward, then curving in to convex bottom.
On interior, three horizontal grooves cut in a band around upper part of side; on exterior, two lightly abraded concentric circles around lower side and a small circle around center of bottom.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and iridescence, with patches of creamy brown weathering and soil encrustation on interior.
Rotary grinding marks on interior; many surface scratches on exterior.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass conical bowl
  • Period: Hellenistic
  • Date: mid-2nd–1st century BCE
  • Culture: Greek
  • Medium: Glass; cast and cut
  • Dimensions: H.: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
    Diam.: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.11.6
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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