Dish
Dish

Currently not on view

Dish,

late 3rd–4th century CE

Roman Imperial to Late Antiquity, ca. 476–700 CE
y1930-391

Information

Title
Dish
Dates

late 3rd–4th century CE

Medium
Transparent light green glass
Dimensions
h. 2.9 cm., diam. 18.2 cm. (1 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Howard Crosby Butler, Class of 1892
Object Number
y1930-391
Place Made

Levant

Description
Fire-polished, rounded rim, slightly flaring; shallow body with slanted, convex sides; flat, slightly concave bottom; flattened, tubular base ring. At the center of the bottom is an annular pontil mark, 2.5 cm. wide.
Period
Imperial (Roman)
Type
dishes
Materials
free-blown glass
Subject
glassblowing, light green

Given to the Museum by Howard Crosby Butler

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