Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

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

Translucent honey brown. Slightly outsplayed rim with almost pointed top edge and plain inward-sloping band below, deep convex side curving in to slightly concave bottom. On interior, a single broad and deep horizontal groove below rim, and a band of three (?) narrow, close-set shallow grooves around middle of body; on exterior, seventeen long, vertical ribs with flattened tops, tapering downwards, and extending to edge of bottom. Broken and repaired with numerous cracks and one chip missing from rim; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, deep pitting, and patches of brilliant iridescence. Rotary grinding marks on interior and on plain band below rim on exterior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

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

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915