Glass vessel in the shape of a basket
Translucent blue green; handle in same color.
Rounded and slightly thickened rim; body: funnel-shaped profile on front and back, and conical at sides; tubular base ring, made by folding; kick in bottom with large circular pontil mark at center; handle applied on top of rim in a pad, drawn up vertically, turned in horizontally and then down vertically, forming square-sided loop, dropped onto top of rim and trailed off back along itself.
Intact; few bubbles dulling, limy encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
The vessel, initially made as a cylindrical bowl, had its sides deliberately pushed in at the top, leaving only openings at both ends, to make it into a handled pouring vessel.
Rounded and slightly thickened rim; body: funnel-shaped profile on front and back, and conical at sides; tubular base ring, made by folding; kick in bottom with large circular pontil mark at center; handle applied on top of rim in a pad, drawn up vertically, turned in horizontally and then down vertically, forming square-sided loop, dropped onto top of rim and trailed off back along itself.
Intact; few bubbles dulling, limy encrustation, creamy weathering, and iridescence.
The vessel, initially made as a cylindrical bowl, had its sides deliberately pushed in at the top, leaving only openings at both ends, to make it into a handled pouring vessel.
Artwork Details
- Title:Glass vessel in the shape of a basket
- Period:Late Imperial
- Date:3rd century CE
- Culture:Roman
- Medium:Glass; blown
- Dimensions:H.: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
- Classification:Glass
- Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1959
- Object Number:59.11.9
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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3rd century CE
late 1st–2nd century CE
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ca. 50–80 CE
1st half of 1st century CE
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