Bowl on Base Ring
Bowl on Base Ring
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1330
Not on View
DescriptionSomewhat bulbous body on low thick foot rim with flaring mouth rim.
Translucent glass, mixed greenish-blue and red, which produces a striated effect.
Batch not fused properly. Bubbly glass. Small black specks and blowing spirals. Bubbles look intentional.
Transparent to translucent turquoise-green. Opaque brownish-red streak along rim spiraling halfway down body. Translucent dark purplish-blue streak in lower body.
Free-blown; round scar off center on base ca. 9.5 cm. Very irregular and crude manufacture with tool mark on interior of base.
Rim folded outward and downward. Convex sides. Convex pushed-in base with hollow tubular base ring.
4th-5th century CE (?)
Mid-first century or earlier
9th-11th century CE (?)
First century BCE
Probably first half of first century
1st century CE
Sixth to early seventh century
Probably fifth century
Probably fifth or sixth century
First half of the first century
4th century CE
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