bowl

Object NameRibbed Bowl

Made FromGlass

Date50 BCE-50 CE

Techniquecast, sagged over mold, tooled, polished, ground

SizeOverall H: 5.8 cm, Diam: 11.8 cm

Accession Number79.1.122

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

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Ancient

Physical DescriptionRibbed Bowl. Transparent yellowish brown glass with a few bubbles; cast, sagged over a mold, ribbing tooled, fire-polished, lathe-cut and ground. Deep bowl; rim rounded by grinding; side tapers, then curves inward to bottom; underside slightly hollowed; exterior with twenty-two tapering ribs, which begin 1.8-2.0 cm. below lip and terminate 2.1 cm. from center of bottom; exterior fire-polished; interior with lathe-cut groove below lip and two lathe-cut grooves near mid-point; interior and top of exterior lathe-polished.
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