Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring
Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 1 15/16 × 4 7/16 × 2 1/16 in. (4.9 × 11.3 × 5.2 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1916.154
Not on View
DescriptionHollow flaring rim, folded outward, downward, and inward. Curved sides. Concave pushed-in base with hollow tubular base ring.
Free-blown and tooled. Circular scar on underside of base, 2.2 cm.
CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, Form 42 or 44 (variation); Vessberg 1952, Deep Bowl Type BI, b2, pl. II 1.
Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2).
Thin glass. A few pinprick bubbles.
1st-2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st - 2nd centry CE
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