Ribbed Bowl

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Object Name: 
Ribbed Bowl
Place Made: 
Eastern Mediterranean
Accession Number: 
79.1.143
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.3 cm, Diam: 13.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
25 BCE-99 CE
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Translucent deep blue glass, silvery iridescence over entire surface, mold-pressed, tooled, wheel-cut and polished. Rim rounded by grinding straight sides bend down into a flat base, eighteen narrow ribs taper toward bottom, two wheel-cut circles (5.5 cm) around a small center circle (7 mm).

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Safani, Esteban, Former Collection
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
1979
Color: 
Translucent deep blue
Technique: 
mold-pressed, tooled, wheel-cut, polished
tooling