New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Ribbed Bowl

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureRoman | Babylonian

Dateca. 50 B.C.E. - 50 C.E.

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

InscribedPaper sticker on the bottom: "27".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6787

Collections

Ancient Mediterranean Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-1, Case 1

DescriptionBowl of clear blue-green glass. Ribbed with nineteen thick ribs radiating from the center of the bottom to .50" of the rim where it is plain. Short crack in the middle. Some decomposition and iridescence. Radial lathe cut line .50" from the rim and another double band 1" down inside. Mold-pressed, tooled, lathe-cut & polished.

Label TextRibbed Bowl, ca. 50 B.C.E.–50 C.E. Eastern Mediterranean Slumped glass Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6787 Published ReferencesGoldstein, _Pre-Roman & Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum_, pp. 153-156, #327-332.