Shallow Ribbed Bowl (50 BCE–100 CE): Art, History and Details

Shallow Ribbed Bowl (50 BCE–100 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Shallow Ribbed Bowl
• Date: 50 BCE–100 CE
• Culture: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean
• Type: Glass
• Technique: glass
• Dimensions: Diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Overall: 4.5 x 12.2 cm (1 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
• Collection: GR - Roman
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 1915.537

A detail from the museum

Although this bowl was probably mold-made, several of its unevenly formed ribs show pincer marks.

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

View the collection record

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