bowl
Object NameRibbed Bowl
Made FromGlass
Date50 BCE-50 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean
TechniqueMold-pressed, tooled, lathe-cut and polished
SizeOverall H: 5.8 cm, Rim Diam: 11.4 cm
Accession Number52.1.79
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
East Side Winter Antiques Show
VENINI - Glass and Design in a World Perspective
Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine
On ViewGather Gallery
Physical DescriptionRibbed Bowl. Colorless glass with gray tinge and amethyst streaks, bubbly somewhat pitted surface, area on interior retains highly iridescent patches; mold-pressed, tooled, lathe-cut and polished. Rim rounded by reheating bends down into deep vessel with almost straight sides, twenty ribs on exterior, wide wheel-cut groove below rim on interior, two more shallow grooves divide bowl approximately in half.Provenance
Source
Stack's Galleries
- 1952-04-29
Former Collection
Clara Sobernheim
(German, 1888-1963) - 1933-1952
Former Collection
Moritz Sebastian Sobernheim
(German, 1872-1933)
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
Berlin, Germany, before 1933
Former Collection
Sobernheim
