Hemispherical Bowl with Pad Base and External Projecting Roll

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Hemispherical Bowl with Pad Base and External Projecting Roll

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)

MediumBlown and tooled glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1375

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DescriptionThis is a hemispherical bowl with a pad base and an external projecting roll, classified as a variation of Isings 1957, Form 69 a and Vessberg’s variation. The bowl is made from medium thin, free-blown glass with numerous small bubbles. It is opaque white (near N 8). The vessel has a flaring rim that is rounded and thickened in flame, a hemispherical body, and a flat base with a solid pad that may have been pinched but was more likely added. A cut-out collar is present approximately 0.9 cm below the rim.