Glass ribbed bowl

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent light yellow green. Plain but slightly uneven, rounded rim; sides tapering downwards, then curving in to slightly pushed-in, uneven bottom. On interior, horizontal wheel-cut grooves, comprising a single broader groove below rim and a band of two narrower grooves around lower body; on exterior, thirty-six ribs, irregularly spaced and of differing length and thickness, tapering towards bottom, almost touching at center. Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and iridescent weathering. Greenish shallow cast glass bowl with ribs.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art