Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

mid-1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale blue green. Knocked-off, outsplayed rim; short concave neck; bulging side curving in to thick, flat bottom with rounded convexity on interior. Side tooled into sixteen irregular, vertical ribs. Intact, except for two chips in rim; pinprick bubbles; dulling, deep pitting, and numerous patches of thick milky weathering and brilliant iridescence. Bowl with ribbed sides.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881