Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

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

Translucent blue green. Vertical rim with rounded top edge; plain band sloping obliquely outward around top of sides, then bulging outward before curving in sharply to flat bottom. On interior, four concentric grooves: one just below rim, two in a band at junction of side and bottom, and one small, broader circle at center; on exterior, eighty-two short, close-set, and sharply defined vertical ribs of slightly varying length and width, with tops ground off, arranged around the bulging middle section of body. Intact, but several internal cracks around rim; few bubbles; large areas of iridescent creamy brown weathering. Rotary grinding marks on plain band around top of sides and on interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–mid 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881