bowl
Object NameRibbon Mosaic Glass Bowl
Made FromGlass
Date99-1 BCE
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean
Techniquecast (mosaic glass technique), lathe-ground, applied
SizeOverall H: 5 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm
Accession Number71.1.21
Credit LineGift of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Art of Glass: Masterpieces from The Corning Museum of Glass
Glass Drinking Vessels from the Strauss Collection
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionRods of colorless, translucent deep blue and translucent amethyst glasses; canes of opaque white casing, translucent yellow and translucent amber with opaque white strip; cast (mosaic glass technique); ground on lathe; footring applied. Shallow bowl on footring; rim rounded by grinding; wall curves downward and inward; splayed footring made by applying and tooling trail consisting of multicolored cane; underside of base slightly rounded. Body formed from rods and canes place side by side: at center, translucent amber with white strip; on both sides, from floor to rim: translucent blue, opaque white casing, translucent yellow, translucent amethyst and colorless.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1971
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
