Wide Bowl
Wide Bowl
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date1st century
DimensionsH: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Rim Diam: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and wheel cut
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.449
Not on View
DescriptionThis wide bowl was free-blown from transparent pale olive-tinted glass (near 10 Y 6/2) and finished with wheel cutting. The thin-walled vessel shows signs of weathering, and the glass fabric cannot be determined. The rim is rounded and thickened in flame. The body has flaring, curved sides and an unevenly flattened base with a slight central depression. A pontil mark approximately 0.7 cm wide is visible on the base. Possibly four revolutions of an applied thread are preserved just below the rim.
3rd-4th century CE
mid-4th to mid-5th century
Late 4th to end of 5th century
Probably first half of 6th century
3rd century CE
3rd-4th Century
6th to early 7th century
3rd-5th century CE
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