Bulbous Bowl

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Bulbous Bowl

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Body Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Meyer Rosenfield

Object number

1941.3

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural pale green (5 BG 7/2). Free-blown; cut. Rim ground. Low vertical lip. Bag-shaped body with greatest diameter near base. Flattened base with slight depression in center. A shallow wheel-cut groove on lip and two incisions on body, one just under lip, the other at the greatest diameter. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 12.