Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Italy
DateEarly first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); Diam (base): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumGlass; cast, rotary-polished on both surfaces, cut on the interior, base ring cast as part of the vessel.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1369
Not on View
DescriptionCarinated bowl. Opaque red. Almost horizontal rim with flat edge; carinated side with two convex curves; upperside of floor concave, underside very slightly convex; outsplayed base ring with flat edge. On the interior, a narrow horizontal groove cut just below the rim.
Opaque red.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, no. 55 (a close parallel dated to "early 1st century A. D.").
Battie, David and Simon Cottle, eds., Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Glass, London, 1991, repr. p. 29 (col.).
Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, 1989, cat. no. 419, p. 305, repr. (col.) p. 224, drawing p. 421.
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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