Glass bowl with cut decoration

Unknown

2nd–3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless. Plain vertical rim with thickened, rounded lip; vertical side to body, curving in to flat bottom, slightly domed on interior. Below rim, one horizontal rounded trail; two more finer trails applied as concentric circles around bottom; on body, two rows of vertical, short, wheel-cut lines, twenty-two in upper row, twenty-one in lower; on bottom, central round cut indent. Broken and repaired, with tiny chips missing; almost all of surfaces covered in dulling, creamy weathering, and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd–3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881