Shallow Ribbed Bowl
50 BC-AD 100
Maker Unknown
Greek and Roman Art
Shallow Ribbed Bowl, 50 BC-AD 100. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean. Glass; diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); overall: 4.5 x 12.2 cm (1 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.537 Shallow ribbed glass bowls are a fairly common ancient glass vessel type, likely made by blowing or pressing molten glass into molds. After cooling, an artisan would rotate the bowl on a wheel or lathe, using a gentle abrasive to smooth out imperfections. Although this bowl was probably mold-made, several of its unevenly formed ribs show pincer marks.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Glass
- Formatted Medium
- glass
- Medium
- glass
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Overall: 4.5 x 12.2 cm (1 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1915.537
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Inaugural Exhibition, Stories From Storage
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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