Bulbous Bowl
Bulbous Bowl
Place of OriginAncient Rome
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
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Cut.
Rim ground. Bulbous sides with greatest diameter near base. Concave base.
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
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century CE
1st-2nd century CE
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