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