Glass phiale (libation bowl)

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 162

Colorless with light yellow-green tinge.

Flaring rim with rounded edge; concave neck; curving side, tapering sharply to convex bottom.

On exterior, one horizontal cut groove on underside of rim; another uneven groove around neck; on side, extending to bottom, a pattern of four pointed petals, each with two parallel vertical grooves extending from base to apex, alternating with four vertical bands of six parallel grooves; on bottom, a circle disk with an six-pointed rosette at center.

Intact, but with many internal strain cracks; pinprick bubbles; slight dulling and patches of faint iridescent weathering on exterior, some retaining impression of a pattern resembling woven textile.

Rotary grinding marks on interior.

Glass phiale (libation bowl), Glass, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

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