Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Rim Diam: 3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 13/32 in. (3.1 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; base ring cast as part of the vessel.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1465
Not on View
DescriptionCarinated bowl. Outsplayed rim with flat edge; carinated side, with two convex curves; upperside of bottom concave, underside flat; outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a green ground with numerous opaque yellow reds; the second, all irregularly shaped lengths, in an opaque red ground with tiny opaque yellow rods; and the third, represented by two squarish sections, in opaque red ground streaked with pale blue. Base ring probably in a green ground streaked with opaque yellow, opaque red, and possibly other colors.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of three canes: the first in a green ground with numerous opaque yellow rods; the second, all irregularly shaped lengths, in an opaque red ground with tiny opaque yellow rods; and the third, represen
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. 519, p. 323-324, 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
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
Second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
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