Bowl (Patella)

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Italy

DateEarly 1st 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

DescriptionThis is a small carinated bowl made of opaque red glass. It was cast and rotary-polished on both surfaces, with cutting on the interior. The base ring was cast as part of the vessel. The bowl has an almost horizontal rim with a flat edge, a carinated side with two convex curves, a concave upperside of the floor, and a very slightly convex underside. The base ring is outsplayed with a flat edge. On the interior, a narrow horizontal groove is cut just below the rim.

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.