Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

1st century CE · 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 vertical rounded ribs (nineteen on one half of mold, twenty-one on the other). Intact; pinprick and some large bubbles; faint dulling and iridescence, patches of brown encrustation and weathering on interior. Greenish ribbed bowl.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917