Sujet

Bowl, 3rd-2nd century BC. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Bowl, 3rd-2nd century BC. Green Bowl with Knobs and Incised Floral Pattern. Additional Info: With its slightly flaring rim, this turquoise bowl likely served as a drinking cup. The knobs surrounding the cup would have provided the drinker with secure handling. Once the drinker had finished, the bowl was placed face down on its rim. For this reason, the upward-facing base showcases a petal-shaped pattern punctuated by the tear-shaped knobs. Greek artisans who traveled to Persia in the fourth century BC as part of the expansion of Alexander the Great produced this shape of knobbed bowl in glass, clay, and silver; the shape and style continued to be popular throughout the following centuries. A bowl of this size was an elite possession; survival is typically due to deposit in graves as valuable funerary goods. The bowl was first cast in a mold; the pattern and the ridges encircling the rim were then incised as the glass annealed.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A02_377

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

21,4Mo (452,8Ko) / 27,6cm x 19,5cm / 3260 x 2298 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe glass bowl historical country green cup color Mediterranean turquoise decoration decorative Greek Greece antique location century vessel artefact concept glassware decorated artifact Drinking vessel Colour Ancient Greece Ancient Greek culture history historic 2nd century BC 3rd century BC TGN Unknown glass container green colour Applied Arts Heritage Art Eastern Mediterranean bowl vessel