Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

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

Translucent purple; trail in opaque white. Plain, vertical rim; short concave neck; globular body curving in to flat bottom. One trail wound around rim; another trail wound spirally three times around neck; a third trail applied on bottom and wound spirally nine times up body; sides tooled into fifteen irregular, vertical ribs. Intact, except for two weathered chips in rim; pitting of surface bubbles and creamy iridescent weathering, especially on trails. Violet, with white enamel decoration.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881