Conical Bowl on Base Ring

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Conical Bowl on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 3/16 in. (10.7 cm); Rim Diam: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); Base Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.726

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DescriptionThick glass. A few small horizontally elongated bubbles. Blowing spirals from rim to base. Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Free-blown. Round scar ca. 1.9 cm in diameter on underside of base. Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Straight sides tapering downward. Horizontal bottom meeting sides at a rounded obtuse angle. Bottom slopes downward toward base ring. Blown base with slanting tool impression from below left to top right.

Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 120, no. 473 (a close parallel dated "4th or 5th century A.D.").