bowl
Object NameRibbed Bowl
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire
Techniquemold-pressed, tooled, wheel-cut, polished
SizeOverall H: 4.1 cm, Diam: 11.8 cm
Accession Number79.1.129
Credit LineGift (pur. J.S.)
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent yellow greenish glass, patches of iridescent weathering film on interior and exterior; mold-pressed, tooled, wheel-cut and polished. Rim rounded by grinding, straight sides bend down into shallow vessel, twenty-one prominent ribs on underside, vessel wall and rib tops have been ground, two wheel-cut circles on interior around small center circle; flattened base. Exterior fire-polished, interior lathe-polished.Provenance
Source
Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation
- 1979-03-25
