Bulbous Bowl

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Bulbous Bowl

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy

Date1st - 2nd centry CE

DimensionsH. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Rim Diam. 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm); Base Diam. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumMedium thick glass. Free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.710

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DescriptionFree-blown. Added coil, tooled. Gouge on underside of base. Horizontally flaring rim, rounded in flame. Curved sides. Concave pushed-in base with hollow tubular base ring. On the rim, two corrugated coils signifying handles (4.7 cm and 4.0 cm). Low, broad, rounded molding on underside of rim, close to edge, probably formed by a cut-out tubular roll pushed into the glass forming a solid double tube. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 43 (eastern variation); Vessberg 1952, Deep Bowl BI b3, pl. II 5, 6. Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Coils of similar color.