Glass bowl

Unknown

late 1st–early 3rd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Colorless; handle trails in same glass. Broad, outsplayed rim, turned up, round, down, and under; short convex side to body; tubular, slightly outsplayed, low foot ring, made by folding; downward rounded ridge around edge of bottom, pushed-in center with circular pontil mark, forming domed base to interior of bowl; two handles applied on opposite sides of rim, tooled to form a row of alternating vertical ridges and furrows. Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence. Small, with boss in center and plastic decoration on rim.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st–early 3rd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917