Glass ribbed bowl
Unknown Artist
Translucent deep honey brown.
Slightly inverted rim with beveled outer edge; sides curving in to flat but slightly uneven bottom.
On interior, two wide horizontal grooves cut in a band below rim; on exterior, eighteen prominent slanting ribs with rounded tops and tapering towards bottom.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering on exterior, and thick creamy weathering covering most of interior.
Credit: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
1st century B.C.
Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
4.4cm
15.43.162
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection