Monochrome Glass Bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2010

Monochrome Glass Bowl
Greek, eastern Mediterranean, cast, mid 2nd-early 1st century BC

Accession # 81.10.37

Hemispherical and conical bowls were two of the most common and popular shapes of the Late Hellenistic period. They were fashioned not only in glass but also in metal and pottery. Those made of glass were later supplanted by deeply colored varieties and by bowls decorated with tooled ribs.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.