Glass bowl

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue. Rounded, thickened, and slightly inverted rim; sides curving in to pushed-in bottom. A single, broad, horizontal wheel-cut groove below rim on interior. Broken and repaired, with one small area of fill at base of side; a few pinprick and larger bubbles; patches of dulling, pitting, iridescence, and creamy brown weathering. Rotary grinding marks on interior, exterior fire-polished, with one horizontal tooled indent in side. Blue glass bowl with horizontal groove on interior below rim; sagged.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76