Glass bowl

Unknown

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

Translucent golden yellow. Rounded, slightly inverted flaring vertical rim; sides curving in to slightly concave bottom. Complete, but broken and repaired on one side; some pinprick bubbles and a few white gritty impurities; patches of dulling and pitting with iridescence and creamy brown weathering. Rotary grinding marks on interior and fire-polished surface on exterior, with one irregular tooling groove below rim.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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