bowl
Object NameBowl with Heads, Vases, and Geometric Decoration
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
Place MadeRoman Empire
TechniqueBlown, wheel-cut
SizeOverall H: 6.2 cm, Diam: 10 cm
Accession Number66.1.33
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Ambrose and Agustine: The Origins of Europe
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless glass with few small bubbles; blown, wheel-cut ("etched" technique). Hemispherical bowl; rim everted; side curves smoothly inward towards bottom; narrow base, slightly concave. Exterior covered with wheel-cut decoration arranged in horizontal zones with incised borders, with circular medallion on base; from top to bottom: groups of short transverse lines immediately under lip; two "horizontal" lines, not perfectly parallel; on lower part of rim; narrow zone of cross-hatching; narrow band of thirty-one lozenges with double outlines, separated by single or double vertical lines; broad zone of six kantharos-like motifs, separated by (in two cases) one or (in four cases) two human heads seen in profile; narrow band of cross-hatching; narrow band of chevrons; medallion containing "star" composed of eight contiguous lozenges radiating from central point, with hatched arc between each pair of lozenges.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1966
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
