Glass ribbed bowl

Unknown

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

Translucent pale streaky purple; trail in opaque white. Knocked-off, uneven rim; short concave neck; squat globular body curving in to flat, thick bottom. Trail wound spirally around body, with large circular patch on bottom, ending in a fine trail on shoulder; side tooled into twenty-three irregular, vertical ribs. Intact, except for large chip in rim; some bubbles and a few gritty inclusions; dulling, faint iridescence and weathering, and pitting of broad trail around lower body. Reddish amethyst bowl with white wavy lines and bottom.

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