Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

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

Translucent purple with colorless streaks. Plain vertical rounded and partly uneven rim; convex sides curving in to slightly concave bottom. On interior, three horizontal grooves: one below rim, cut irregularly, the other two in a band around middle of body; on exterior, twenty-eight shallow ribs with flattened tops, set vertically or slightly obliquely, tapering towards bottom and ending at junction of side and bottom. Intact; very few bubbles; some dulling, slight pitting, and numerous patches of iridescent weathering. Rotary grinding marks on interior; some irregular tooling marks in plain band between rim and ribs on exterior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman, Syro-Palestinian or Italian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

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