bowl

Object NameBowl

Made FromGlass

Date200-399

Techniqueblown, wheel-cut

SizeOverall H: 8.9 cm; Rim Diam: 12.4 cm

Accession Number79.1.73

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Rhineland

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green glass with many small bubbles; blown and wheel-cut. Hemispherical shape; rim bulges slightly, cracked off and roughly ground; wall descends almost vertically, then curves in at bottom; wheel-cut decoration in two registers: upper register consists of ten contiguous diamond-shaped panels with double outlines; each panel contains either cross-hatching or, at center, shallow circular depression, the two motifs alternating on adjoining panels; in each space above and below panels where panels meet, one horizontal oval depression; lower register consists of band of twenty-eight vertical oval depressions with double borderlines above and below, numerous short internal cracks; narrow flat base; no pontil mark.
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