Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

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

Translucent cobalt blue. Knocked-off, uneven rim; short vertical neck; bulging side curving in to slightly pushed-in bottom. Side tooled into thirteen irregular, vertical ribs, with rounded, projecting outer edges. Broken and repaired, with one chip in rim and three holes in side; some pinprick bubbles; deep pitting, brown enamel-like weathering, and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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