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Object NamePatella Cup

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-50 CE

Techniquecased, fused, mold-cast, ground, polished, applied

SizeOverall H: 4.4 cm, Diam: 10.4 cm

Accession Number97.1.17

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire

Physical DescriptionWhite, yellow, and red opaque glass, light green and light blue translucent glass; canes formed by fusing cased and uncased rods, then broken into slices; slices probably assembled into disk and fused; disk probably heated and cast in or over mold, then ground and polished; foot ring applied. Bowl with double-convex profile and foot ring. Rim short and outsplayed, with rounded edge; wall has narrow upper bulge and broader lower bulge; base slightly convex, with applied foot ring. Vessel consists of slices of canes with at least four different patterns, each composed of cased and uncased rods: (1) one rod of white cased with red and yellow, surrounded by eight rods of yellow cased with purple, all cased with purple; (2) one rod of red cased with yellow, surrounded by eight rods of green cased with yellow; (3) one rod of white cased with purple, white, and purple; (4) one rod of white cased with red and yellow, surrounded by two concentric circles, each containing about eight rods of white cased with blue.
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