Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

mid-1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent light blue green. Knocked-off, uneven, ground rim; concave neck; globular body curving in to thick, flat bottom. Side tooled into fifteen irregular, vertical ribs, with arched projections around shoulder above tops. Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, patches of brownish weathering, and faint iridescence. Greenish ribbed bowl.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917