Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 3/8 in. (3.4 cm); Rim Diam: 4 in. (10.1 cm); Base Diam: 2 in. (5.1 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
1923.1470
Not on View
DescriptionBroad carinated bowl. Upright rim with vestiges of outsplayed edge, cut away by modern polishing; 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 large polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a pale rose-violet ground with opaque white rods surrounding a central opaque yellow rod; the second in a blue ground with opaque white rods surrounding a central opaque white rod. Base ring in a pale translucent turquoise-blue ground.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of two canes: the first in a pale rose-violet ground with opaque white rods surrounding a central opaque yellow rod; the second in a blue ground with opaque white rods surrounding a central opa
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. 521, p. 324, drawing, p. 426.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
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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