bowl

Object NameRibbed Bowl (Zarte Rippenschale)

Made FromGlass

Date1-99

Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Italy, possibly Aquileia

Techniqueblown, trailed, tooled

SizeOverall H: 6.2 cm, Diam (body with ribs): 10 cm

Accession Number58.1.35

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent medium blue glass, pitted with some iridescence on surface; blown with trailed and tooled decoration. Racked-off rim flares out and up from constriction at shoulder, flattened globular body possibly blown in an open mold has applied trail of opaque white attached at base and wound around body more than twelve times up to the shoulder and marvered into the surface; nineteen narrow vertical ribs have been tooled around the exterior and have been flattened into a thin shape distorting the trail decoration into a festooned motif; slightly flattened base.
Provenance

Source Heidi Vollmoeller - 1958-11-05