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Bowl (Patella)
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Bowl (Patella)

Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateEarly 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Rim Diam: 2 19/32 in. (6.6 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/32 in. (2.8 cm)
MediumGlass; Cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; cut on the exterior; base ring cast as part of the vessel.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1376
Not on View
DescriptionSmall hemispherical bowl. The bowl is cast, rotary-polished on both surfaces, cut on the exterior, and the base ring is cast as part of the vessel. It is made of opaque celadon green glass. It has a horizontal rim with a flat edge, a convex curving side, and the upperside of the floor is concave while the underside is slightly convex but uneven due to imperfect rotary polishing. The outsplayed base ring has a rounded edge. On the exterior, a broad horizontal depression is cut just below the rim.
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. 426, p. 306-307, repr. (col.) p. 224, drawing, p. 421.

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