Conical Bowl on Base Ring
Conical Bowl on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Base Diam: 2 in. (5.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.706
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small spherical bubbles.
Transparent natural grayish green (10 GY 5/2).
Free-blown. Irregular wad of glass on underside of base, ca. 1.8 cm in diameter.
Flaring rim, rounded in flame. Conical sides with slight bulge in middle. Pushed-in base with depression in center and hollow tubular base ring.
CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, Form 41b (variation)
1st-2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
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