Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm); Thickness: 1 /8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused, abraded, and wheel cut
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.656
Not on View
DescriptionThis hemispherical bowl is mold-fused, abraded, and wheel-cut. It is colorless glass with an outsplayed rim that has an uneven, rounded edge. The nearly vertical side curves diagonally inward at the middle, ending in a slightly concave bottom. The glass is thin, with a maximum thickness of about 1/8 in. (0.3 cm).
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "The Syro-Palestinian Glass Industry in the Later Hellenistic Period," Muse 13, 1979, pp. 56 and 63-65.
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: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 248, p. 268-269.
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
2nd-1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-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
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
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