Glass bowl

Unknown

3rd–4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Outsplayed rim with thickened, rounded lip; bell-shaped body with short side tapering slightly downwards, then turned in sharply to integral, thick, tubular splayed pedestal base; small slightly convex bottom with pontil scar. At junction of rim and body, horizontal slender bulge or trail. Intact; many pinprick bubbles; pitting and iridescent weathering on exterior, thick creamy brown weathering on most of interior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd–4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915