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Translucent pale green glass bowl with tall sides that widen to rim and etched horizontal grooves around the top and bottom

The exterior of this pale green translucent glass bowl is mainly clear but has a large section in the back of brownish-gold staining or dirt accretions. The base of the bowl appears flat and rounds upward to tall, straight sides that slightly widen as they reach the rim. There is a very slight flaring at the rim, ending with a straight, smooth lip. The bowl is wider than it is tall. There is one etched horizontal band near the rim of the bowl, and a second near the bottom that is formed by two narrower grooves.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.89
Title
Bowl
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1st-4th century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
Period
Roman period
Culture
Graeco-Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292499

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glass
Technique
Free-blown glass
Dimensions
H. 6 x W. 10.9 cm (2 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.89
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Bowl; flat base, slight flare outward at rim, two bands of incised concentric circles on the interior (one band near the rim, the other band near the base). Intact; some minimal dirt accretions on exterior (partially cleaned).
Commentary
Bowls are open, rimmed vessels that are wider than they are tall.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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