Spherical Bowl with Three Handles (Lamp)
Spherical Bowl with Three Handles (Lamp)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm); Rim Diam: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
MediumMedium thick glass; free blown, tooled, applied handles
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.729
Not on View
DescriptionNatural light bluish green body and applied handles; hemispherical shape, indented slightly below rim; three small handles applied below rim with trails continuing towards the bottom.
Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Everted rim with convex sides and irregular unworked edge bent out from constriction below. Spherical body with greatest diameter above middle. Base round. Three loop handles, 1.3 to 1.7 cm below rim, bent downward and ending in a smooth vertical trail.
4th-5th century CE
Probably second half of the first century
Late fourth to late fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Late 4th-5th century CE
4th-5th century
Probably fourth century
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