Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 25/32 in. (9.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.35 cm)
MediumMold fused and abraded, foot tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1392
Not on View
DescriptionThis carinated bowl is mold fused and abraded, with its foot tooled on. It has an almost horizontal rim with a rounded 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. A composite mosaic pattern is formed from polygonal sections of two canes: the first cane has a purple ground with seven blue rods, each outlined in opaque white, surrounding a central blue rod also outlined in opaque white; the second cane has a purple ground with seven golden-yellow rods, each outlined in opaque white, with a central golden-yellow rod also outlined in opaque white. The base ring is probably in a light green ground.
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. 514, p. 323.
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
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
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