Bulbous Bowl with 'Splashed' Decoration
Bulbous Bowl with 'Splashed' Decoration
Place of OriginAncient Rome
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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DescriptionTransparent decolored glass. Bicolored chips of translucent manganese-colored and opaque white glass.
Free-blown. Chips picked up and melted into surface as vessel was blown out further.
Rim lightly ground. Bulbous body. Base flattened with slight depression in center.
Thin chips or slices of bicolored canes consisting of opaque white stripes, scrolls or circles at irregular intervals on a manganese-colored ground. Small chips on the bottom becoming larger toward rim.
Thin glass. Small spherical bubbles.
Late 1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1890-1910
1890-1900
9th-11th century CE (?)
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