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Ribbed bowl

1st century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 951

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ribbed bowl
  • Date: 1st century
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Transparent pale bluish green glass with small spherical bubbles. Cast or poured as a disk, reheated and stamped with a circular mold to form the ribs, then slumped over a former mold to make a bowl; lathe-cut, ground, and polished.
  • Dimensions: H. 3.9 cm; diam. 15.5 cm
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1596
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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