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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
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent pale yellowish-green (not in Munsell). Free-blown and tooled. Pontil mark ca. 1.6 cm. Tooled. Rim bent out horizontally, rounded and thickened in flame, then pinched and pulled to form thirteen scallops. Straight sides with slight taper toward base. Flattened base with true base ring. Medium thick glass. Small bubbles. Blowing spirals.
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).

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