Bulbous Bowl with 'Splashed' Decoration

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Bulbous Bowl with 'Splashed' Decoration

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Rim Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); Body Diam: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown, chips picked up, reinflated.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1498

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DescriptionThis transparent decolored glass bowl is free-blown and decorated with bicolored chips of translucent manganese-colored and opaque white glass. Small spherical bubbles are visible in the thin glass. The bowl’s rim is lightly ground, and its bulbous body has a flattened base with a slight depression in the center. The “splashed” decoration is created by picking up thin chips or slices of bicolored canes, which consist of opaque white stripes, scrolls, or circles on a manganese-colored ground. These chips appear small on the bottom and become larger toward the rim.