Glass dish

Unknown

4th century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent green. Tubular, slightly outsplayed rim, folded out, down, and in, forming a prominent flanged edge to side; convex curving side sloping in to applied solid foot ring with diagonal tooling marks around its outer side; slightly convex bottom. Around the flanged edge to rim, a single horizontal groove. Broken and repaired, with only one small hole; some bubbles, elongated in rim; thick, limy encrustation, dulling, and slight iridescence. Greenish, colored blown glass.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917