Straight-Sided Bowl with Scalloped Rim on Base Ring

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Straight-Sided Bowl with Scalloped Rim on Base Ring

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date4th century

Dimensions3 3/8 × 6 5/8 × 4 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (8.6 × 16.8 × 11.1 × 8.3 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1916.75

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DescriptionFree-blown and tooled bowl made of transparent pale yellowish-green glass (not in Munsell). The vessel has straight sides that taper slightly toward a flattened base with a true base ring. The rim is bent outward horizontally, rounded and thickened in the flame, and then pinched and pulled to form thirteen evenly spaced scallops. Formed from medium thick glass with small bubbles and visible blowing spirals. Pontil mark approximately 1.6 cm in diameter.

Published ReferencesHarden, Donald, B., Roman Glass from Karanis, (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, XLI), Ann Arbor, 1936, pp. 97 and 111 (footnote 2) repr. fig. 2, g.

Knauss, Florian, Von Zirkus bis Apostel Tafelgeschirr aus der Sammlung K. Wilhelm<\i>, Antike am Konigsplaz Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, 2022, p. 68-69, fig. 97, p. 68 (repr. col.).

Exhibition HistoryWorcester Art Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art, Antioch: the Lost Ancient City, 2000-2001.

The Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhibition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), September 21, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (no catalogue).