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Bowl rim fragment
Bowl rim fragment

Bowl rim fragment

Date1st century CE
Periodearly Roman Empire
CultureRoman
MediumGlass (mosaic, slumped)
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 numberSN28.2914
On View
Not on view
DimensionsOverall
Height reconstructed: 1 9/16 in. (ca. 4 cm)
Length (sherd): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Width (sherd): 1 1/4 in. (3.18 cm)
Wall
Thickness (bowl): 1/8 in. (0.35 cm)
Rim (reconstructed)
Diameter (bowl): 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)

Medium Details

Color  (Munsell soil color chart)

Fabric:  5Y 7/8 (yellow); close to but more bright red than 10R 4/8 (red); green color not in Munsell

Inclusions

n/a