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Bowl (Patella)

Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); Base Diam: 1 17/32 in. (3.9 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1373
Not on View
DescriptionHemispherical bowl. Opaque white. Upright rim with thin, inturned edge; convex curving side with thin walls; upperside of floor concave, underside flat; outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Opaque white.
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, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 423, p. 306, drawing p. 421.
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Bowl (Patella)
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Bowl
Early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE

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