Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE - early 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); Diam: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1923.561
Not on View
DescriptionThis hemispherical bowl is made from blue glass using a mold-fusing technique. It features a vertical rim with a flat edge, sides that curve diagonally inward at mid-height, and a slightly concave bottom. The surface shows signs of abrasion.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "The Syro-Palestinian Glass Industry in the Later Hellenistic Period," Muse 13, 1979, pp. 54-67.
Grose, 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. 247, p. 268, repr. (col.) p. 213, drawing p. 413.
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-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 mid-1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
2nd-1st century BCE
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