Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2015.

Ribbed Cup

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureRoman Empire | Egyptian

DateMid-1st century BCE - mid-1st century CE

MediumMolded glass

Dimensions2 × 5 1/8 in. (5.1 × 13 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6788

On View

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

DescriptionBowl of deep blue clear ribbed glass. Seventeen ribs with a plain top and rim. Some iridescence and slight decomposition. Almost mint condition. Wheel cut with a line inside 1" from rim. Wide one .5cm from rim. Mold-pressed, tooled, lathe-cut & polished. Shallow form, almost straight sides. Mid 1st century A.D.

Label TextEastern Mediterranean Ribbed Bowl in Cobalt Blue, late 1st century B.C.-mid-1st century A.D. Hand-pressed and slumped glass; ground and polished Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6788 Exhibition HistoryIllustration used on WTAR-TV show, 5/25/72. Published ReferencesToledo Museum of Art, _Art in Glass_, pg. 23. British Museum, _Masterpieces of Glass_, #52. Goldstein, _Pre-ROman & Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum_, pp. 153-156, #327-332. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass: Masterworks from The Chrysler Museum of Art (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 40-1.