Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

1st century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent dark yellow green. Slightly inverted rim with angular top edge; sides curving in to broad, flat bottom. On interior, a band of four horizontal grooves, arranged vertically in two pairs, cut on upper half of side; on exterior, thirty-one diagonal ribs of varying width and thickness, some extending almost to the bottom of the side, with irregular rounded tops. Intact; some pinprick bubbles; dulling on interior and around plain band below rim on exterior; some patches of slight iridescence and weathering, and one large area on exterior of encrusted limy weathering. Rotary grinding marks on interior. Greenish ribbed cup, cut bands inside.

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