Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring

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Bulbous Bowl on Base Ring

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date1st century CE

DimensionsH: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/32 in. (5.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.711

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DescriptionMedium thick glass. Small spherical bubbles elongated horizontally toward rim. Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Free-blown. Circular scar ca. 2.5 cm in diameter on underside of base. Rim rounded in flame. Irregular convex sides. Pushed-in base with solid tubular base ring. Cut-out collar ca. 0.9 cm below rim. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 69 A; Vessberg 1952, Pyxis type B III, pl. ix 40,41.