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
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
Former Collection
Clara Sobernheim
(German, 1888-1963) - 1933-1952
Former Collection
Sobernheim
Former Collection
Moritz Sebastian Sobernheim
(German, 1872-1933)
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
