Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Base Diam: 1 21/32 in. (4.2 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
1923.1386
Not on View
DescriptionCarinated bowl. Short, outsplayed rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two shallow convex curves; upperside of bottom concave, underside slightly convex; outsplayed base ring with uneven, rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in an almost opaque gray-green ground with opaque yellow rods and an opaque red circle, around a central opaque white rod. Base ring in a gray-green ground.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in an almost opaque gray-green ground with opaque yellow rods and an opaque red circle, around a central opaque white rod. Base ring in a gray-green ground.
DESCRIPTION: Carinated bowl. Short, outsplayed rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two shallow convex curves; upperside of bottom concave, underside slightly convex; outsplayed base ring with uneven, rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in an almost opaque gray-green ground with opaque yellow rods an dan opaque red circle, around a central opaque white rod. Base ring in a gray-green ground.
TECHNIQUE: Assembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; applied base ring.
CONDITION: Complete, except for a chip on the rim; iridescence and pitting; modern polishing on the exterior.
COLLECITON: Thomas E. H. Curtis.
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. 517, p. 323, drawing, p. 426.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 90.
Exhibition HistoryIndianapolis, John Herron Art Institute, Glass Throughout History, Oct.-Dec.1953.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
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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