Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm); Base Diam: 1 25/32 in. (4.5 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded, foot tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1390
Not on View
DescriptionThis carinated bowl is mold fused and abraded, with its foot tooled on. It has an outsplayed rim with an almost pointed edge and a carinated side with two convex curves. The upper side of the bottom is concave and the underside is convex. The outsplayed base ring has a rounded edge. The composite mosaic pattern is formed from polygonal sections of two distinct canes: the first features a purple ground with opaque white rods surrounding an opaque yellow circle around a central opaque red rod, and the second displays a green ground with two opaque yellow concentric circles around a central opaque red rod. The base ring is streaked with blue, opaque white, and opaque red.
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. 511, p. 321-322.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 90.
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
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
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
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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