Glass bowl

Unknown

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

Colorless with pale green tinge. Rounded vertical rim; sides curving in to slightly concave 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; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and severe weathering, and brilliant iridescence. Rotary grinding marks on interior and on the top of 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