Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring

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Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Rim Diam: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm); Base Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.709

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles. Transparent light olive tint (10 Y 5/4). Coils of similar color. Free-blown. Added coil, tooled. Circular scar on underside of base. Horizontally flaring rim, rounded in flame. Curved sides. Flat pushed-in base with hollow tubular base ring. On the rim, two corrugated coils signifying handles (3.4 cm and 3.2 cm). CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, Form 43 (eastern variation); Vessberg 1952, Deep Bowl BI b3, pl. II 5,6 (variation).

Published ReferencesPuma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 94-95, no. 100.Exhibition HistoryCedar Rapids Museum of Art, Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave, September 2003-August 2005 (no catalog).