Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring

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Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Rim Diam: 5 in. (12.6 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.873

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DescriptionThis bowl is made of medium-thick glass with a transparent natural pale green hue (10 G 6/2). The fabric cannot be determined due to surface weathering. It was formed by free-blowing and tooling. A circular scar on the underside of the base is visible but difficult to distinguish because of weathering. The bowl has a horizontally flaring rim that is folded outward, downward, and inward. Its sides are curved, and the base is concave and pushed in, supported by a hollow tubular base ring. Its typology relates to Isings 1957, Form 42, 44, or 115 (variation) and Vessberg.