Object Title
Glass serving dish
Measurements
Without handles: 1 3/4 × 8 5/8 in. (4.4 × 21.9 cm) With handles: 7 3/8 x 12 11/16 in. (18.8 x 32.3 cm) Length of handles: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
Creation Date
Second half of the 1st–2nd century A.D.
Credit Line
Gift of Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, 2012
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/257876?=&imgno=0&tabname=object-information
Provenance Information
Private collection, Europe. Purchased by the Mansour Gallery, London, England, late 1980s. Purchased by Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer from the Mansour Gallery, circa 1990. Given by Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.
Exhibition Information
The work has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan of Art since April 2007.
Publication Information
Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2014. "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2012-2014." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 72(2): p. 13.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This object has a provenance established to 1990 and has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2007. This is a rare example of a rectangular, colorless serving dish belonging to a type of cast luxury tableware that remained popular even after the invention of glassblowing. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Greek and Roman collection does not include a comparable complete dish. It is a remarkable example in terms of its quality and state of preservation.