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Bowl (Patella)

Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Rim Diam: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 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
1923.1387
Not on View
DescriptionThis carinated bowl was assembled from sections of cane and cast, then rotary-polished on both surfaces, with a base ring applied separately. It has a horizontal rim with an almost pointed edge, a carinated side formed by two convex curves, and a bottom that is concave on the upper side and convex underneath. The outsplayed base ring has a rounded edge. Its complex composite mosaic pattern is formed from polygonal sections of three distinct canes: the first shows a purple ground with three concentric circles of opaque white, purple, and opaque red surrounding a central opaque yellow rod; the second cane has a purple ground with an opaque red circle and opaque yellow rods set in purple, also around an opaque white rod; the third features a pale green ground with a central opaque yellow spiral. The base ring is executed in a purple ground streaked with opaque red. The fabric cannot be determined due to weathering.
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. 515, p. 323, repr. (col.) p. 225, 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
Bowl (Patella)
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Dish
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
Bowl (Patella)
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Fragment of Bowl
Probably first century BCE, possibly later
Late first century BCE to early first century CE

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