Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

1st–3rd quarter of 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent deep honey yellow; trail in opaque white. Knocked-off, uneven rim; short concave neck; globular body curving in to thick bottom, flat but slightly concave at center. Trail applied to bottom and wound spirally around body, with large patch on lower side, ending in a fine trail on shoulder; side tooled into twenty-one irregular, vertical ribs. Intact, except for four chips in rim; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling, faint iridescent weathering, and weathering of trail between ribs. Dark amber ribbed cup with white lines around shoulder and body.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st–3rd quarter of 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917