Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st 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
DescriptionThis is a carinated bowl made of medium thin glass assembled from sections of cane and cast. The vessel has a short, outsplayed rim with a rounded edge. The side is carinated and shaped with two shallow convex curves. The upperside of the bottom is concave, while the underside is slightly convex. The bowl has an outsplayed base ring with an uneven, rounded edge. The surface features a 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. The base ring is made in a gray-green ground. The entire vessel was rotary-polished on both surfaces, and the base ring was applied separately. The bowl is complete except for a chip on the rim. The surface shows iridescence and pitting, with modern polishing on the exterior.
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 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
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
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