Carinated glass dish
Horizontal rim with rounded outer edge and slightly concave upper lip; carinated side, with two convex curves, the lower one being shallower than the upper; flat bottom within low rounded base ring.
Small raised circle at center of bottom on interior.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting with brilliant iridescence and patches of thick creamy brown weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Carinated glass dish
- Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
- Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman, probably Italian
- Medium: Glass; cast and cut
- Dimensions: Diam.: 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
H.: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
- Object Number: 17.120.248
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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