Ribbed glass bowl
Translucent pale blue green.
Vertical rim with beveled top edge; plain band around top of sides, tapering downwards, then bulging outward before curving in sharply to almost flat bottom.
On interior, two concentric grooves around bottom and small, broader circle at center; on exterior, eighty-eight well-defined, short slanting ribs of slightly varying length and width, with tops ground off, arranged around bulging middle section of body.
Broken and repaired, with one section of rim miising and some smaller chips elsewhere in rim; some pinprick and a few larger bubbles; pitting, dulling, and iridescent weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on plain band around top of sides and on interior.
Vertical rim with beveled top edge; plain band around top of sides, tapering downwards, then bulging outward before curving in sharply to almost flat bottom.
On interior, two concentric grooves around bottom and small, broader circle at center; on exterior, eighty-eight well-defined, short slanting ribs of slightly varying length and width, with tops ground off, arranged around bulging middle section of body.
Broken and repaired, with one section of rim miising and some smaller chips elsewhere in rim; some pinprick and a few larger bubbles; pitting, dulling, and iridescent weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on plain band around top of sides and on interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ribbed glass bowl
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: late 1st century BCE–mid 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
- Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Diam.: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
- Object Number: 91.1.1312
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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