Dish | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1935.35.69
Title: Dish
Other Titles: Former Title: BLUE GLASS PLATE (BROKEN)
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 2nd-4th century CE
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Greece
Period: Roman Imperial period
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/291961

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Green glass
Technique: Free-blown glass
Dimensions: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bettina Jane Kahnweiler, New York City, NY (by 1935), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1935.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Miss Bettina J. Kahnweiler
Accession Year: 1935
Object Number: 1935.35.69
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Dish; applied foot ring, center of dish raised, sides bent outwards to form dish shape, rolled lip, two opposite applied sections of wavy decoration on rim. Previously reconstructed from fragments, with section of body and of rim missing; covered in patches of iridescence, dirt accretions on ring foot and rim decoration.

Subjects and Contexts

Roman Domestic Art

Verification Level

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1935.35.69: Dish