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Glass ribbed bowl

Glass ribbed bowl. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); diameter 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Date: first half of 1st century A.D.. Translucent cobalt blue. Thick, slightly outsplayed rim with almost pointed edge, sloping inward below; convex curving side, tapering obliquely downward; concave bottom. On interior, a single broad horizontal groove, cut at junction of rim and side; on exterior, forty-five short rounded ribs of varying width, thickness, and length. Intact, except for minor chips in rim; some pinprick bubbles; faint dulling and iridescence, with small patches of encrusted weathering on interior. Rotary grinding marks on interior and on band around exterior of rim; series of irregular tooling marks and indents on band around exterior of rim.
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Title:
Glass ribbed bowl
Caption:
Glass ribbed bowl. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); diameter 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm). Date: first half of 1st century A.D.. Translucent cobalt blue. Thick, slightly outsplayed rim with almost pointed edge, sloping inward below; convex curving side, tapering obliquely downward; concave bottom. On interior, a single broad horizontal groove, cut at junction of rim and side; on exterior, forty-five short rounded ribs of varying width, thickness, and length. Intact, except for minor chips in rim; some pinprick bubbles; faint dulling and iridescence, with small patches of encrusted weathering on interior. Rotary grinding marks on interior and on band around exterior of rim; series of irregular tooling marks and indents on band around exterior of rim.
Technique/material:
Glass; cast, tooled, and cut
Period:
Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Location:
ROMAN EMPIRE
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
4200 x 4200 px | 50.5 MB
Print size:
35.6 x 35.6 cm | 14.0 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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