Object Details
- Description
- Bowl of purplish translucent matrix; ribbed on the outside with opaque distorted spirals in millefiori technique. Slightly iridescent. Said to have been found in northwest Iran.
- Label
- This bowl is an example of mold-pressing technique. To insure clarity in details such as the ribs radiating from the center of the base and extending up to the horizontal band along the rim, viscous glass was pressed into the mold cavity. The tooling marks evident on the rim are characteristic of bowls made by this technique.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (December 10, 1984 to July 10, 1986)
- Ancient Glass (May 26, 1982 to June 25, 1982)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (March 6, 1981 to May 7, 1984)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- late 1st century BCE-late 4th century CE
- Period
- Roman Period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Glass
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 5.2 x 17.5 cm (2 1/16 x 6 7/8 in)
- Type
- Vessel
