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Object NameGrooved Bowl
Made FromGlass
Date140-50 BCE
Place Madeprobably Syro-Palestine
TechniqueSagged, wheel-cut, polished
SizeOverall H: 8.3 cm; Rim Diam: 15.4 cm
Accession Number76.1.30
Credit LineGift of Mr. Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionGrooved Bowl. Transparent amber glass; sagged, wheel-cut, polished. Dark amber glass with small areas of iridescence internally and externally, as well as a very few large bubbles. Mammiform vessel with three groups of cut grooves (two grooves each), one 1 cm below rim, one at mid-height and one 2 cm below the latter. Naturally, no pontil mark.
Provenance
Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1976-12-20