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Bowl (Patella)
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Bowl (Patella)

Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 23/32 in. (4.4 cm); Rim Diam: 3 23/32 in. (9.5 cm); Base Diam: 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
1923.1379
Not on View
DescriptionThis is a small carinated bowl made of cast glass that is rotary-polished on both surfaces. The bowl is golden-yellow in color. It has a 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. On the interior, there is a narrow horizontal groove cut just below the rim.
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. 413, p. 304, repr. (col.) p. 224, drawing, p. 421.

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