MEROVINGIAN GLASS BOWL
119E Allaire Collection
H: 6.5 cm, Diameter 8.5 cm, Date 5th Century
Description: Free blown transparent light green __with faint swirls of red (manganese) visible. The hemispherical form has a flat knocked-off rim, flattened base, center slightly depressed, no pontil mark. Bowl is in excellent condition.
References: Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass: 10 BCE-700 CE, E. Marianne Stern, 2001, Cat. 191 (tooled projections), Memoires de Verre, Catherine Vaudour, 2009, #161