Shallow Bowl

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

MediumTranslucent green glass pressed into a mold, to be later expanded by blowing

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1221

Not on View

DescriptionThick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2) Blown into a one-part patterned mold. No pontil mark. Tooled. Thick rim, sloping inward, ground. Shallow cylindrical body. Slightly convex base. On sides from rim to above base, 48 vertical ribs half of which can be felt as bulges on interior. On base, a honeycomb pattern of small hexagons which cannot be felt on interior.

Published ReferencesHaberey, Waldemar, "Zur Herstellung der römischen Wabenbecher," Bonner Jahrbücher, vol. 166, 1966, p. 208-212, repr. fig. 3.Comparative ReferencesSee also Stern 1977, p. 93 and n. 17 citing parallel;