VesselsRoman1st century CE

Bowl

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Description

Intact bowl in transparent, cobalt blue glass; broad and shallow with thick, rounded vertical walls; upright rim with rounded edge. On the interior, two narrow horizontal bands around the body: one below the rim, the other around the middle of the body. On the exterior, two wheel-cut grooves below the rim. Classification: C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Djakarta: Groningen, 1957), form 18; David Grose, "The Syro-Palestinian Glass Industry in the Later Hellenistic Period," MUSE 13: 1979, Group D, p. 56 and 63-65. Comparisons: Corning Museum of Glass 79.1.34 and Metropolitan Museum of Art 74.51.296 (for shape and technique);

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Cast

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Period

Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial

Century

1st century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 4.3 x W. 14.6 cm (1 11/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

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