Bowl (Patella)
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Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 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
1923.1381
Not on View
DescriptionThis is a carinated bowl made of cast glass that has been rotary-polished on both surfaces and cut on the interior. The bowl is cobalt blue in color. It has an almost horizontal rim with a flat edge, a carinated side with two convex curves, and a floor that is concave on the upperside and slightly convex on the underside. The outsplayed base ring was cast as part of the vessel and has a flat edge. A narrow horizontal groove is cut just below the rim on the interior. The bowl is intact but has a long crack on the side and bottom, with areas of iridescence, pitting, and patches of brown weathering.
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. 412, p. 304, repr. (col.) p. 224, drawing, p. 421.
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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