Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel

Bowl

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Egypto-Roman Caption: Egypto-Roman. Bowl, 4th century C.E.. Glass, 2 3/8 x Diam. 3 11/16 in. (6.1 x 9.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.108.20. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Photograph of a small, transparent glass bowl on a short pedestal, with a flared rim and amber-tinted glass body.

The image shows a single vessel photographed against a neutral light background. The object has a shallow, outward-curving bowl with a thickened, rounded rim. It rests on a short, central pedestal base that flares slightly outward at the bottom. The glass appears translucent/clear with an amber or yellow-green tint, and light reflections are visible on the surface. No sculpted decoration, inscriptions, or cartouches are visible on the vessel. A handwritten label is present in the scene on the lower portion of the image, but it is not readable with confidence. The visible metal-like sheen on some highlights appears to be optical reflection rather than applied decoration. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is legible on the artifact itself.

decorative late Roman Period (as catalogued) good
Materials Glass

Connections

Found at Edfu
Materials Glass

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.108.20 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9384 tier-2
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