Collection of the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1988.05.001

Glass Bowl, Roman

3rd century (Earliest date)
Glass
Blown glass
Bowls
3 in W x 2.25 in H (Object)
Notes: 5.25 inches diameter at the lip. 3 inches at the base
7.62 cm W x 5.7 cm H (Object)
Roman;Syrian
Hemispherical bowl with diagonal ribbing and slightly inverted shoulder.
Much of the ancient glass of Syrian and Persian origin is at times classified as Roman because Rome controlled these areas during the reign of Julius Caesar. Roman efforts at blowing glass resulted in bottles or flasks of simple shapes with a free-blown bulbous body, a longish cylindrical neck and a projecting rim. Mostly all were made without handles. So-called tear bottles, small club-formed vials, were supposedly receptacles for the tears of mourners and are common funerary finds
- Exhibition label from Marjory Pikunas
In Collection
Frick Fine Arts Department, University of Pittsburgh, bought from R. H. Macy on June 29 1931
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