bowl
Object NameBowl
Made FromGlass
Date425-330 BCE
Place MadePersia
Techniquecast, wheel-cut, possibly lathe-polished
SizeOverall H (max): 4 cm, W: , D: , Diam: 13.5 cm
Accession Number55.1.138
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Ancient Persia: The Art of an Empire
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent medium blue glass, bubbly with deeply pitted and highly iridescent surface; cast, wheel-cut and possibly lathe-polished. Thin sharp rim flares out from shallow concave body, transition highlighted with a lathe-cut or wheel-cut groove, within this circle the exterior is decorated with a sixteen-petal flower, each petal alternately preserving a medial ridge and medial groove, each petal is separated from the next by a groove, the center from which the petals radiate is apparently undecorated but heavily weathered and pitted.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-12-13
125-50 BCE
about 1830
probably 800-1099, perhaps earlier
900-1099
about 1850
