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bowl

Object NameLobed Bowl

Made FromGlass

Date125-50 BCE

Place MadeEastern Mediterranean

Techniquecast or sagged, polished, wheel-cut

SizeOverall H: 6.8 cm, Diam: 17 cm

Accession Number62.1.21

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

A Tribute to Persia

Masterpieces of Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionLobed Bowl. Colorless glass with grey tinge, bubbly with dull surface and pitting on exterior, deeper worm tracks and some iridescence on interior; cast or sagged, wheel-cut, and polished. Deep bowl with twelve large bosses protruding from body, thick rounded rim bends in and down to form gentle convex profile with slightly flattened base, interior below rim is profiled with two lathe-cut grooves, the first slightly wider than the second; a band 2.5 cm high below the rim has been lathe-polished, the lower section 5 mm wide has been profiled into a horizontal band just above the large ovoid lobes which project below; three wheel-cut grooves decorate the bottom of the bowl and from this a rosette with six pointed petals alternate with broad "leaves"; these leaves are formed by the wide grooves which intersect the horizontal band below the rim; the pointed petals which are outlined by the same wheel and split with a medium line stop ca. 1 cm below this line; a lobe falls between each petal and "leaf".
Provenance

Source Giorgio Sangiorgi (Italian, 1886-1965) - 1962-07-17