Bowl (Patella)
Bowl (Patella)
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Rim Diam: 3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm); Base Diam: 1 13/32 in. (3.1 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; base ring cast as part of the vessel.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1465
Not on View
DescriptionThis carinated bowl, known as a patella, has an outsplayed rim with a flat edge and sides formed by two convex curves. The bottom is concave on the inside and flat on the underside, with an outsplayed base ring that has a rounded edge. The composite mosaic pattern is made from polygonal sections of three different canes: the first has a green ground with numerous opaque yellow rods; the second includes irregular segments in an opaque red ground with tiny opaque yellow rods; and the third, seen in two squarish sections, has an opaque red ground streaked with pale blue. The base ring likely includes a green ground streaked with opaque yellow, opaque red, and 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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, Catalog No. 519, p. 323-324, repr. (col.) p. 225 drawing, p. 426.
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
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
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
Early first century CE
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