Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 15/32 in. (3.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 17/32 in. (9.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded, foot tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1396
Not on View
DescriptionCarinated bowl. Almost horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated side, with two convex curves; upperside of bottom concave, underside convex; outsplayed base ring with rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: the first in a pale green ground with opaque white rods surrounding a central opaque red rod; the second in a purple ground with opaque white rods surrounding a central opaque red rod; the third in a purple ground with opaque yellow rods surrounding an opaque red circle around a central opaque white rod; and the fourth, all irregularly shaped sections, in opaque yellow and opaque red. Base ring in an opaque red ground streaked with green and possibly other colors.
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. 516, p. 323, repr. (col.) p. 225, drawing p. 426.
Battie, David and Simon Cottle, eds., Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Glass, London, 1991, repr. p. 29 (col.).
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
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st 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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