CC0 · no rights reserved
Bowl with Beaded Rim
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This bowl was probably intended for use in a private home, perhaps a fashionable villa on the Mediterranean coast. Wealthy Romans stored a variety of silver vessels and implements for entertaining and enjoyed using them while eating and drinking at social events. This bowl is decorated with a beaded rim, a feature often found on domestic silver bowls of this period. The basic shape was formed first by hammering. Then the bowl was polished and chased while it turned on a lathe. The beaded decoration was achieved by hammering the silver into a mold.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl with Beaded Rim, 300–500 CE. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Silver; overall: 10.4 x 27.8 x 10.5 cm (4 1/8 x 10 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1954.259
