Shallow Ribbed Bowl
-50–100
- 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.)
- Genre
- glass
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean
About
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.