Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 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
1923.452
Not on View
DescriptionThis small hemispherical bowl is made of cobalt blue glass. It has an almost horizontal rim with a rounded edge, a convex curving side, and a concave floor above a convex underside. The base ring, which is cast as part of the vessel, is outsplayed with a flat edge. The body is slightly asymmetrical. Both interior and exterior surfaces are rotary-polished.
Published ReferencesDavid F. Grose, "Ancient Glass," TMA Museum News 20, no. 3, 1978, p. 76, fig. 12.
David F. Grose, "The Origins and Early History of Glass," in The History of Glass, ed. Dan Klein and Ward Lloyd, 1984, p. 24, ill.
David F. Grose, "Innovation and Change in Ancient Technologies: The Anomalous Case of the Roman Glass Industry," in High Technology Ceramics: Past, Present, and Future, pp. 65-79, Ceramics and Civilization, vol. 3, Westerville, Ohio, 1986, p. 75, fig. 13.
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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, cat. no. 415, p. 304-305, repr. (col.) p. 40, drawing, p. 397.
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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