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Shallow Ribbed Bowl
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About this 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineShallow Ribbed Bowl, 50 BCE–100 CE. Roman, Eastern Mediterranean. Glass; diameter: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); overall: 4.5 x 12.2 cm (1 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.537
