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Glass dish

mid–1st century CE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 168
Translucent deep emerald green.

Rim folded out and down, forming collar around top of side; shallow side, bulging slightly downwards, and then turned sharply in to pushed-in floor; solid, low outsplayed foot ring; slightly concave bottom.

Complete but cracked around side with small chips missing; pinprick and a few larger bubbles; patches of dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering.

Deeply colored monochrome glass was very popular in the early Roman blown-glass industry, and it was only after about A.D. 50 that colorless and naturally colored blue-green glass came into widespread use.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass dish
  • Period: Early Imperial
  • Date: mid–1st century CE
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass; blown
  • Dimensions: H.: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
    Diam.: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
  • Object Number: 81.10.32
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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