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bowl

Object NameBowl

Made FromGlass

Date300-399 or later

TechniqueFree blown, with applied decoration, tooled

SizeOverall H: 3.9 cm, W (across lugs): 9.6 cm, Diam (rim): 8.2 cm

Accession Number55.1.14

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionColorless glass, perhaps with yellowish green tint, with light purple, translucent trails; blown, applied. Shallow bowl. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall curves down and in; base shaped like disk, possibly made from separate gather; trace of pontil mark. Applied decoration consists of (1) continuous horizontal trail on upper wall, just below rim, tooled to form four equidistant, horizontal triangular lugs; (2) continuous trail drooped onto upper wall and wound in descending spiral more than four times around wall; (3) continuous band of trails, apparently beginning as continuation of (2), tooled to form 13 or 14 adjoining diamond-shaped motifs.
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