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Historical Archive: Bowls

Representations follow surviving examples.
See also gold-glass for bowl/cup bases and medallions.


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incantation bowl from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 6th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.03.3756
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incantation bowl with Aramaic inscription to protect the woman Ngray from illness and curses, from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9504
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incantation bowl from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9503
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Roman glass bowl on ambo, Aachen cathedral. The ambo and cathedral have their own pages.
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antelope, Roman glass bowl, north Italy c.25-50 CE, Hermitage Oп.18180
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glass bowl w. gold-glass, Cologne 4th c., BM 1881,0624.1, which has its own page
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glass cup/bowl, formerly inlaid, early 5th c., Vat 60526
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Byzantine agate bowl on ambo, Aachen cathedral. The ambo and cathedral have their own pages.
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bowl: Zalissia treasure, silver, c.650-700, KHM VIIa, which has its own page with detail
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bowl with animal head: Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 750-800?, KHM VIIb. For more views see Nagyszentmiklós.
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bulbous bowl: Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 750-800?, KHM VIIb. For more views see Nagyszentmiklós.
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elliptical bowl: Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 750-800?, KHM VIIb. For detail see Nagyszentmiklós.
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bowl base with lion, ceramic, 13th-14th c. Mamluk Egypt, KM 1965.03.0052
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bowl base with rabbit, ceramic, Mamluk Sultanabad, Iran, 1252-1517, KM 1965.03.0044
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Byzantine sgraffito ceramic bowl with bird of prey, c.1125-75, V&A C.32-1968
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Byzantine sgraffito ceramic bowl with wading water bird, c.1125-75, V&A C.20-1970
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Byzantine sgraffito ceramic bowl with wading water bird, oblique view, c.1125-75, V&A C.20-1970
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bowl with Tristan story, Limoges enamel c.1250-75, KGM 1917,101, which has its own page
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man between lillies, tin-glazed earthenware, south Italy, 2nd half 13th c., V&A C.120-1978
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Adam and Eve plate, cast brass, Germany c.1500-50, Belgrade MAA 6216. For frontal view see Belgrade MAA.
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bowl, covered: boar's head tureen, porcelain, Chelsea Factory c.1754, SF 1945.581a-b. For other views see SF.
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bowl, covered: soup tureen 1819, gilded silver, Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot (1763-1850), IMA 1997.129A-C. For details see IMA.
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Etruscan cinerary urn cover, alabaster, 2nd c. BCE?, KHM. For another view see KHM.
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Hercules with bowl: 1st c. intaglios in mid-19th c. gold ring, p.c., which has its own page
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Medici cameo: emperor with genius, sacrificing poss. to Hope, 1st-3rd c., sardonyx cameo in gilded metal, Florence MA 14443. This work has its own page.
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Dionysiac scene on Sasanian silver/gilt dish, 224-651, from Alkino village, Pernoll, MSHM
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Symmachorum ivory, late 4th to early 5th c., V&A 212-1865, which has its own page
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Mary's Trial by Bitter Water, ivory, 6th c. eastern Mediterranean (Syria?), Louvre OA 11149. Part of same object as Hermitage Visitation/Annunciation to Anna, for which see Russia.
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Annunciation, Ordeal, Flight; ivory, 6th c. eastern Mediterranean (Syria?), Louvre OA 11149. Part of same object as Hermitage Visitation/Annunciation to Anna, for which see Russia.
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bowls, covered and uncovered: Magi, north wall mosaic, early 6th c., Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page.
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Justinian with Maximian and retinue, apse wall mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages.
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Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes: Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page
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Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 750-800?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works see Nagyszentmiklós.
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Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page with another bowl.
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Basilewsky Situla, ivory, 980-81, V&A A.18-1933. This work has its own page.
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Women at the Tomb, Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with other views.
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Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page
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Abdinghof portable altar, 1115-30, DMP PR50, which has its own page
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Novgorod cathedral doors, bronze, prob. 1152-54. The doors have their own page.
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covered bowl: font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page with more bowls.
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covered bowls: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral
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Last Supper: pulpit hanging, linen and silk embroidery on linen, Wienhausen 1325-75, WIEN Hb 3. For full object see WienMus.
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Muhammad ibn al-Zayn, Baptistère de Saint Louis, Egypt or Syria c.1330-40, Louvre LP16. This work has its own page.
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Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page
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footed bowl left: 3 Towers Reliquary, 1370-90, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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Last supper: Major Sakkos of Photius, Byzantine 1408-31, Armory TK-4, which has its own page
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Old Testament Trinity, left: Cross fr. Red Field Monastery, wood, c.1500-50, which has its own page, Novgorod AM
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Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp fol.80v, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page.