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
DescriptionThin glass. A few pinprick bubbles.
Transparent yellowish gray tint (5 Y 7/2).
Free-blown and tooled; traces of circular wad on base ca. 2.0 cm.
Hollow rim, folded outward and downward. Outsplayed sides in elongated "s" curve joining bottom at an obtuse angle. Pushed-in base with interior central knob and hollow pushed-in tubular base ring.
4th-5th century CE
Second half of fourth century
about 3rd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
4th-5th century CE
Probably mid-1st century, about 40-70
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