Glass hemispherical bowl

Unknown

1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue. Rounded, slightly inverted rim; hemispherical body with sides curving in to pushed-in bottom. Decoration of horizontal wheel-cut grooves on interior, comprising a single broad groove below rim and a band of two narrower grooves around middle of body. Intact; a few pinprick bubbles; patches of dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering. Rotary grinding marks below rim on exterior and interior. Hemispherical blue bowl with horizontal cut bands.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891