Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first 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
DescriptionCarinated bowl. Outsplayed rim with almost pointed 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 a single cane in a blue ground with opaque white rods surrounding an opaque white circle, around a central opaque red rod. Base ring streaked with blue, opaque white, and opaque red.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a purple ground with opaque white rods surrounding an opaque yellow circle around a central opaque red rod; the second in a green ground with two opaque yellow concentric c
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 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 1st century BCE to early 1st 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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