Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 23/32 in. (4.4 cm); Rim Diam: 4 in. (10.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; assembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; applied base ring.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1389
Not on View
DescriptionCarinated bowl. Almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two convex curves; upperside of bottom concave, underside convex; outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a blue ground with opaque red rods, each outlined in opaque white, with a blue circle surrounding a central opaque yellow rod; the second in a pale green ground with numerous opaque yellow rods surrounding a central opaque red rod; the third in a pale green ground with opaque white rods.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a blue ground with opaque red rods, each outlined in opaque white, with a blue circle surrounding a central opaque yellow rod; the second in a pale green ground with nume
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. 508, p. 321, drawing, p. 426.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 90.
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
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
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
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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