Roman Translucent Glass Bowl with Wheel-Cut Design

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

3 1/2 in. (112 grams, 90 mm wide).

Fine translucent bowl with a rounded base, hemispherical in profile with seven wheel-cut dimples on the base forming a flower motif; a circumferential band of alternating horizontal and vertical facetted cut strokes on the body; repaired.

Provenance

Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.
Ex Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Roman glass from an important London collection, acquired from the early 1980s.

Accompanied by a typed previous catalogue information page with provenance.

Literature

Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 2001, item 401 for the type; cf. also nos.447-449, for similar, dated to the 4th century A.D.

Footnotes

The bowl belongs to the 2nd-3rd century types with faceted and engraved decoration. The ornaments included floral decorations, like here, or birds, fruits and other objects in the middle band and bottom.

CONDITION

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