Spherical Bowl
Spherical Bowl
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.649
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural pale green glass (10 G 6/2). The bowl is free-blown and tooled from medium thick glass containing pinprick bubbles and a few small horizontally elongated bubbles near the rim. The rim is rounded and slightly thickened in flame. The body is bulbous with a round base. There is an interior cut-out ridge around the middle of the body. A small near-circular gouge, approximately 1.0 cm in diameter, is present on the underside of the base.
Late 4th to early 5th century
3rd century CE
Probably 4th to 5th century
4th century CE
1st-2nd century CE ?
4th century
4th century
Probably early 4th century
4th-5th century CE
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