VesselsRoman1st-2nd century CE

Bowl

1st-2nd century CE

Description

Bowl; ring foot, flares to mouth. Intact; dirt accretions on interior and base of foot covering blue-green iridescence. Classificaton: Isings form 41b

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Free-blown glass

Medium

Blue-green glass

Culture

Roman

Period

Roman Imperial period

Century

1st-2nd century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

H. 5.5 x W. 9.3 x Base diam. 6.1 cm (2 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (by 1977), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

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