Straight-Sided bowl on base ring
Straight-Sided bowl on base ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Rim Diam: 3 9/16 in. (9.0 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Base Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1328
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural light olive tint (10 Y 5/4). Dusky blue green thread (5 BG 3/2).
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added thread. Medium thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles. Thread bubbly with small impurities.
Horizontally outsplayed rim, folded downward and inward. Straight sides with slight downward taper. Low domed pushed-in base with hollow tubular base ring.
On lower half of body, thread beginning above base forming a fifteen-fold zigzag from right to left; three revolutions of thread above zigzag. Thread of zigzags so thin that it broke a few times, therefore the first zigzags were trailed on individually, followed by a group of four and a group of seven.
CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 87 (variation).
3rd-4th century CE
Fourth century
4th-5th century CE
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Late fourth to early fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
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