Shallow Bowl
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
DescriptionThis shallow bowl is made of thick transparent grayish green glass (near 10 GY 5/2) pressed into a mold and later expanded by blowing. It was blown into a one-part patterned mold, then tooled, and has no pontil mark. The bowl features a thick rim that slopes inward and is ground, a shallow cylindrical body, and a slightly convex base. From the rim to just above the base, 48 vertical ribs decorate the sides, half of which can be felt as bulges on the interior. On the base, there is a honeycomb pattern of small hexagons which cannot be felt on the inside.
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;3rd-4th century CE
1830-1840
Fourth century
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Possibly fourth century
Probably fourth century
3rd century CE
3rd-4th century
Probably fourth century
Probably sixth to early seventh centuries
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