Bulbous Bowl
Bulbous Bowl
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8..3 cm); Max Diam: 3 11/32 in. (8.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.651
Not on View
DescriptionThis bulbous bowl is free-blown and tooled from medium thick glass with a few small spherical bubbles. The glass is translucent to transparent dusky yellowish green. The rim is rounded in flame, forming a tall vertical lip above a squat bulbous body. The base is concave with a circular scar measuring approximately 2.9 × 2.8 cm on the underside
Comparative ReferencesSee also Vessberg 1952, 121 Type A II B of light green glass, pl. III 20, from Cyprus. Parallel in Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, acc. no. 87.105 (photo in Ortner, Stern photos, collections).
2nd-3rd century CE
Mid-5th to mid-6th century
mid-4th to mid-5th century
2nd-3rd century CE
Probably 4th century
Probably 4th century
4th century
mid-4th to mid-5th century
6th to early 7th century
1st century CE
3rd-4th century CE
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