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Bowl (Patella)

Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 9/32 in. (3.3 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 in. (2.54 cm)
MediumGlass, cast, rotary-polished on both surfaces, base ring cast as part of the vessel.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1374
Not on View
DescriptionThis is a carinated bowl made of opaque white glass. The bowl was cast with its base ring formed as part of the vessel and then rotary-polished on both surfaces. It has an almost horizontal rim with a rounded edge, a carinated side with two convex curves, a floor that is concave on the upperside and flat underneath, and an outsplayed base ring with a flat edge.
Published ReferencesGrose, 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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, Catalog No. 422, p. 306, repr. (col.) p. 224, drawing, p. 421.

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