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Bowl (Patella)
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Bowl (Patella)

Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Rim Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1367
Not on View
DescriptionSmall hemispherical bowl. Opaque red. Horizontal rim with rounded edge; convex curving side; upperside of floor concave, underside slightly convex; slightly outsplayed base ring with flat edge. Opaque red.
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. 424, p. 306, repr. (col.) p. 224, drawing p. 421.
Bowl (Patella)
Early first century CE
Bowl (Patella)
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
Bowl
Early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Ribbed Bowl
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE

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