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Bowl with pattern of concentric circles
Roman or Byzantine
Late Imperial or Early Byzantine Period
4th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Glass, mold-blown
Dimensions
Height x diameter (rim): 10.5 x 10 cm (4 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession Number50.2272
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Ancient Glass (MFA), no. 41.
DescriptionConcave bottom; lower body sloping into nearly vertical sides; nearly horizontal rim. Band of thin, vertical flutes below rim; on the body, relief design consisting of arcs bisected by vertical lines, with raised circular bosses in the interstices; below, concentric ovals. Pale yellow-green. Intact.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Charles Bain Hoyt Collection (according to his associate Burdon-Muller, the Hoyt "Greek & Roman glass and lead-glazed vases were all purchased from Kelekian and Kouchakji in New York"; bequest of Charles Bain Hoyt to MFA, May 11, 1950