Engraved bowl rim with a female dancer holding torches
Date4th century CE
Periodlate Roman Empire to early Late Roman
CultureRoman
MediumGlass (free-blown, wheel-engraved)
ClassificationGlass
ProvenanceJulien Gréau collection; J. Pierpont Morgan gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1917; (sale, The Anderson Galleries, New York), March 30–31 or April 21, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1527
On View
Not on viewHeight: 2 7/8 in. (7.25 cm)
Width: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Vessel
Thickness (wall): 3/16 in. (0.45 cm)
Height (preserved of bowl): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Rim
Diameter (reconstructed): 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Maenad
Height (preserved): 2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)
Column
Height (preserved): 1 1/8 in. (2.86 cm)
Medium Details
Color (Munsell soil color chart)
Fabric: close to but clearer than 5G 7/1 (light greenish gray)
Inclusions
4th to early 5th century CE
3rd century CE
late 1st–2nd century CE
3rd–5th century CE
late 1st–mid-2nd century CE
1st-4th century CE