Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent honey brown but with greenish tinge. Slightly inverted rim with almost pointed top edge; sides curving in to uneven, flat bottom. On interior, a band of two horizontal grooves below rim; on exterior, twenty diagonal ribs of varying length, width, and thickness, with irregular rounded tops, arranged around central part of side. Intact; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling on interior and around plain band below rim on exterior; some encrustation in upper groove on interior, and many surface scratch marks. Rotary grinding marks on interior; tooling marks in band below rim on exterior.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917