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Glass phiale (libation bowl)

late 5th–early 4th century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 152
Colorless with light greenish tinge.

Outsplayed rim with rounded edge; top of side curving in, then a short raised, vertical band, and finally curving in to shallow convex bottom.

On exterior, raised band carved into two broad grooves; on lower side, extending to bottom, a raised pattern of twenty elongated, pointed petals; on bottom, a raised circular disk with a further raised irregular boss carved with an eight-pointed rosette with rounded petals at center.

Broken and repaired, with some fill in lower side and bottom; a few pinprick bubbles; dulling and patches of faint iridescent weathering.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glass phiale (libation bowl)
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: late 5th–early 4th century BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
  • Medium: Glass; cast and cut
  • Dimensions: Diam.: 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
  • Classification: Glass
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Arthur Darby Nock Bequest, in honor of Gisela Richter, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.11.6
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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