Glass ribbed bowl

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent honey brown.
Slightly outsplayed rim with almost pointed top edge and plain inward-sloping band below, deep convex side curving in to slightly concave bottom.
On interior, a single broad and deep horizontal groove below rim, and a band of three (?) narrow, close-set shallow grooves around middle of body; on exterior, seventeen long, vertical ribs with flattened tops, tapering downwards, and extending to edge of bottom.
Broken and repaired with numerous cracks and one chip missing from rim; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, deep pitting, and patches of brilliant iridescence.
Rotary grinding marks on interior and on plain band below rim on exterior.

Glass ribbed bowl, Glass, Roman

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