About this artwork
This monochrome bowl has evenly spaced ribs radiating around lower portion of the bowl. The pale bluish-green color of the bowl occured naturally, as the result of iron and other oxides in the sand, one of the essential components used in making glass.
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Currently Off View
- Ancient and Byzantine Art
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Culture
- Ancient Roman
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Title
- Bowl
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Origin
- Levant
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Date
- 50 BC–50 AD
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Medium
- Glass, cast (sagged?)
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Dimensions
- 4.6 × 12.9 × 12.9 cm (1 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
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Reference Number
- 1949.433
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