Glass ribbed bowl

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent purple; trail in opaque white.
Plain, vertical rim; short concave neck; globular body curving in to flat bottom.
One trail wound around rim; another trail wound spirally three times around neck; a third trail applied on bottom and wound spirally nine times up body; sides tooled into fifteen irregular, vertical ribs.
Intact, except for two weathered chips in rim; pitting of surface bubbles and creamy iridescent weathering, especially on trails.

Violet, with white enamel decoration.

Glass ribbed bowl, Glass, Roman

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