Bulbous Bowl

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Bulbous Bowl

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st Century

DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/8 in. (8.0 cm); Body Diam: 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, and wheel cut

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.647

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DescriptionTransparent natural pale green glass (10 G 6/2). This vessel is classified as Isings 1957, Form 12. It was free-blown, tooled, and wheel-cut. The bowl has no pontil mark. The rim is ground, and the sides are bulbous with the greatest diameter near the base. The base is concave. On the upper half of the body are three shallow wheel-cut grooves, with one additional horizontal wheel-cut incision just below the widest point. On upper half of body, three horizontal shallow wheel-cut grooves; just below greatest diameter, one horizontal wheel-cut incision. CLASSIFICATION Isings 1957, Form 12