Glass bowl with fluted decoration

Unknown

late 2nd–early 1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent honey brown. Outsplayed rounded rim; concave neck; deep convex side tapering slightly downward to slightly uneven flat bottom. On interior, a single horizontal groove below rim; on exterior, a band of two broad horizontal grooves around lower part of neck; a series of sixty-five shallow-cut vertical flutes on side extending from neck to bottom; below this another band of two narrow horizontal grooves forming concentric circles around edge of bottom. Broken and repaired, with two large and several small holes in body; dulling, slight pitting, and white iridescent weathering. Rotary grinding marks on interior, around neck, and on bottom on exterior. The shape and decoration on this bowl imitate Hellenistic silverwork. The star-shaped pattern on the bottom became a common motif on terracotta Megarian bowls in the first century B.C.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 2nd–early 1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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