A ROMAN BLUE GLASS PATELLA
circa early 1st century a.d.
The cast bowl, opaque blue in color, with an almost horizontal rim with flat edge, the carinated side with two convex curves, the outplayed base ring with a flat edge, slightly concave on the underside of the foot
1.5/8 in. (4 cm) high
Lot Essay
For a group of similar patellae see nos. 297-302 in Goldstein, Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.