Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring

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Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm); Rim Diam: 5 in. (12.3 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.874

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DescriptionThis bowl is made of medium-thin glass in a transparent natural light olive green hue (10 Y 5/4). Small spherical bubbles are visible in the fabric. The vessel was shaped by free-blowing, with additional coils of similar color applied and tooled. A circular scar on the underside of the base, about 2.2 cm in diameter, indicates where it was detached from the blowing rod. The bowl has a solid rim folded outward, downward, and inward. The sides are curved, with a pushed-in base featuring a kick in the center and a hollow tubular base ring. Two corrugated coils on the rim serve as handles, measuring 8.0 cm and 7.7 cm respectively. Its typology relates to Isings 1957, Form 43 (eastern variation) and Vessberg 1952, Deep Bowl B1 B3, pl. II 5, 6 (variation).

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 64, no. 179. (A close parallel dated "2nd or early 3rd century A. D.")