Ovoid Dish or Lid
Ovoid Dish or Lid
Place of OriginPossibly Egypt or Syria
Date9th-10th century
DimensionsH: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); L: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); W: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
MediumBlown glass, with wheel-cut decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2135
Not on View
DescriptionColorless; hollowed-out ovoid shape; on exterior two double concentric circles; one double half circle; each side with three leaf-like motifs.
Workshop of the potter Nikosthenes
about 520 BCE
9th-10th century
9th-10th century
1375-1300 BCE
Second half of the 1st century CE
Probably second quarter of the 1st century
Probably second quarter of the 1st century
10th century
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