Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

1st half of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue green. Uneven vertical rim with rounded top edge and vertical plain band below; deep convex side curving in to slightly concave bottom. On interior, a broad band of fine abraded lines on lower part of side; on exterior, twenty-two long, slender ribs, some vertical, others slightly slanting, with flattened and tooled tops, tapering downwards and extending onto bottom. Intact; many pinprick bubbles; on interior, patches of creamy brown weathering, and faint iridescence on exterior. Vertical tooling indents to one side of tops of some ribs. These examples of a very common and widespread type of early Roman cast tableware represent the three main varieties—mosaic, deep monochrome, and naturally-colored translucent glass. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.194.561)

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st half of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881