bowl
Object NameRibbed Bowl
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean; possibly Lebanon; possibly Syria
Techniquemold-pressed, tooled, wheel-cut, lathe-polished
SizeOverall H: 6.3 cm, Diam (max): 11.5 cm
Accession Number79.1.147
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent grey-blue glass with swirls of yellow-brown, dull surface with some patches of buff weathering product adhering to interior; mold-pressed, tooled, wheel-cut and lathe-polished. Rim rounded by grinding, straight sided wall bends down and in forming a deep vessel, twenty-one short prominent ribs on exterior below a vertical rib, a corresponding wheel-cut groove on interior 7 mm below rim, two more cut 3 cm below the first, interior lathe-polished, exterior fire-polished; flat base.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
Former Collection
Sarkis
purchased by J.S. from Sarkis, Beirut, for $88.25
purchased by J.S. from Sarkis, Beirut, for $88.25
