Bowl

Place of OriginProbably Syria or Palestine

Datemid-2nd to early 1st century BCE

DimensionsH: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm); Diam: 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)

MediumSagged; rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim; fire-polished on the rest of the exterior; cut on both surfaces.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.658

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DescriptionThis shallow hemispherical bowl is made of colorless glass with a greenish-yellow tinge. It has an upright, thick rim with an almost pointed edge, a smoothly curving convex side, and a convex bottom. On the interior, two pronounced horizontal grooves are cut in a band below the rim. On the exterior, three narrow horizontal grooves encircle the center of the bottom. The bowl was sagged and then finished with rotary-polishing on the interior, top, and outside of the rim, fire-polished on the rest of the exterior, and cut on both surfaces. Colorless with greenish-yellow tinge. DESCRIPTION Shallow hemispherical bowl. Upright, thick rim with almost pointed edge; convex curving side; convex bottom. On the interior, two pronounced horizontal grooves cut in a band below the rim. On the exterior, three narrow horizontal grooves cut in a band around the center of the bottom. TECHNIQUE Sagged; rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim; fire-polished on the rest of the exterior; cut on both surfaces.

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. 215, p. 205.