Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent cobalt blue. Slightly outsplayed rounded rim; deep sides with plain band around top, curving in to slightly concave bottom. On interior, one wide horizontal groove below rim, and two narrow, close-set abraded grooves cut in a band around middle of body; on exterior, twenty-five long, shallow, vertical ribs, tapering downwards and extending to edge of bottom. Intact, but some internal cracks; pinprick bubbles; dulling, briiliant iridescence, and patches of thick creamy weathering. Rotary grinding marks on interior and on plain band around top of sides.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917