bowl
Object NameBowl
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-50 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean
TechniqueSagged, tooled, lathe-cut
SizeOverall H: 15.4 cm, Diam: 5.7 cm
Accession Number55.1.77
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass of the Caesars
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
Spezil-Verzeichniss der im Auktions
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Glass from the Ancient World: So Diverse a Unity
Glass from the Ancient World
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTransparent amethyst glass with colorless streak, bubbly; probably sagged, tooled and lathe-cut. Shallow bowl; rim, rounded by grinding, flares up and slightly out from body, which bulges, then curves in toward bottom; base slightly concave. On body, forty-eight irregular, more or less vertical ribs descend from immediately below rim towards bottom, but most taper and disappear above base. Obvious tool marks below rim. Interior has wide lathe-cut groove, 1.8 cm below rim.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09
Former Collection
Heinrich Menu von Minutoli
(Prussian, 1772-1846)
