Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Diam (rim): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Diam (base): 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded, foot tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1391
Not on View
DescriptionThis carinated bowl is mold fused and abraded, with its foot tooled on. It has a horizontal rim with a flat 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 a single cane in a purple ground with opaque white and purple circles around a central opaque yellow and green spiral. The base ring is probably in a purple ground. On the interior, a narrow horizontal groove is cut just below the rim.
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. 518, p. 323, 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
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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
Early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early first century CE
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