Shallow Bowl on Base Ring
Shallow Bowl on Base Ring
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date4th century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 1 7/16 × 6 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (3.7 × 16.5 × 8.3 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1916.155
Not on View
DescriptionThis shallow bowl is made from thin, transparent yellowish-gray glass (5 Y 7/2) with a few pinprick bubbles visible in the fabric. It was free-blown and tooled, and the underside of the base retains traces of a circular wad about 2.0 cm in diameter.
The hollow rim is carefully folded outward and downward. The bowl's sides are out-splayed and curve in an elongated "S" profile, meeting the base at an obtuse angle. The base is pushed in and features a central knob on the interior, surrounded by a hollow tubular base ring.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, About 1412-1350 BCE
Mid- to late 4th century CE
Probably mid-1st century, about 40-70
5th-7th century CE
Probably fourth century
4th-5th century CE
4th-5th century CE
Sixth to early seventh century
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