Conical Bowl on High Base Ring
Conical Bowl on High Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 1/4 in. (5.8 cm); Rim Diam: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Base Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.718
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. Round swelling ca. 2.2 cm in diameter on underside of base with circular scar on top.
Rim rounded in flame; tool mark on interior. Conical sides. Pushed-in concave base with high vertical tubular base ring, pinched above to produce a solid fold and hollow at edge.
CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 41 B (variation)?
1st-2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
about 3rd century CE
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