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Roman glass ribbed bowl

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Roman green-blue glass 42 ribbed bowl.

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Price: € 2500,--

Size: 12,5 x 4,5 cm

Material:Glass

Period: 1st Century BC /1st Century AD

Provnance: Dutch private collection JD

More details

  • Technique: Sagged, tooled and lathe-cut. Rotary-polished on interior, top and outside of rim. 

    Fire-polished on rest of exterior.

    The ribs were possibly formed using a fork-like tool to push against the hot surface of the glass, probably when the disk was still flat.