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Bowl (Patella)

Place of OriginRoman Empire, Italy or Eastern Mediterranean
DateEarly 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 3/16 in. (3.1 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1370
Not on View
DescriptionThis is a small carinated bowl made of opaque red glass. It was mold-fused and abraded. The bowl has an uneven, upright rim with a rounded edge. The carinated side includes a vestigial upper curve and a shallow convex lower curve. The upperside of the floor is slightly concave, while the underside is flat but uneven. It has a narrow, almost vertical base ring with a rounded edge. On the interior, three narrow horizontal grooves are cut: one immediately below the edge of the rim, a second below the junction of the two convex curves, and a third farther down on the body. On the exterior, there is a narrow horizontal groove cut just below the edge of 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, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 427, p. 307, drawing p. 421.
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
Bowl (Patella)
Early 1st century CE
Bowl (Patella)
Early 1st century CE
Ribbed Bowl
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Bowl (Patella)
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

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