Carinated Bowl with Kick
Carinated Bowl with Kick
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.419
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DescriptionFree-blown carinated bowl made of transparent natural grayish yellow-green glass (5 GY 7/2). The very thin fabric has been weathered, preventing full surface analysis. The body is carinated, with its widest diameter near the base. The base is kicked, and the rim is lightly ground.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 56, no. 132. (A close parallel dated "About mid 1st century A.D.")1st century
1st century
Early to Late 15th century
About 3rd century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Mid-fourth to fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably late third or fourth century
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