Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

1st century AD · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Vertical unworked rim; pronounced concave shoulder expanding downwards; convex sides sloping inwards towards projecting rounded base ring; bottom with concave depression and projecting knob at center. Two mold seams visible only on shoulder. On sides, forty-eight vertical rounded ribs (twenty-seven on one half of mold, twenty-one on the other). Intact, except for one chip in rim; some large round bubbles; faint dulling and iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century AD

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917