Glass ribbed bowl
Translucent honey brown.
Slightly outsplayed rounded rim; deep sides with plain band around top, curving in to concave bottom.
On interior, one wide horizontal groove below rim, and two narrow, close-set grooves cut in a band around middle of body; on exterior, seventeen long, broad, and slightly slanting ribs with rounded tops, tapering downwards, and extending to edge of bottom.
Broken and repaired with some areas of colorless fill, and one weathered chip in outer edge of rim; pinprick bubbles; dulling, deep pitting, and brilliant iridescence, with patches of thick creamy weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior and on plain band around top of sides.
Slightly outsplayed rounded rim; deep sides with plain band around top, curving in to concave bottom.
On interior, one wide horizontal groove below rim, and two narrow, close-set grooves cut in a band around middle of body; on exterior, seventeen long, broad, and slightly slanting ribs with rounded tops, tapering downwards, and extending to edge of bottom.
Broken and repaired with some areas of colorless fill, and one weathered chip in outer edge of rim; pinprick bubbles; dulling, deep pitting, and brilliant iridescence, with patches of thick creamy weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior and on plain band around top of sides.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass ribbed bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–mid 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 x 5 in. (6.4 x 12.7 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.211
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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