Ribbed Bowl
Date: late first century BCE-early first century CE
Dimensions:
2 1/4 × 4 5/8 × 3/16 in. (5.7 × 11.7 × 0.5 cm)
Medium: mosaic glass
Place of Origin: probably Italia (Italy), Roman Empire
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1970.428
DescriptionMulti-colored glass canes; mosaic glass technique, cast, tooled, wheel-cut, rotary- and fire-polished.
Ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with almost flat edge; flaring shoulder;
convex curving side; bottom very slightly convex. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a pale purple ground with opaque white threads and streaks.
On the interior, three narrow horizontal grooves: one just below the rim, the other two in a band around the lower part of the body. On the exterior, evenly spaced pronounced ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend from the shoulder to the center of the bottom.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a pale purple ground with opaque white threads and streaks.
Ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with almost flat edge; flaring shoulder;
convex curving side; bottom very slightly convex. Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a pale purple ground with opaque white threads and streaks.
On the interior, three narrow horizontal grooves: one just below the rim, the other two in a band around the lower part of the body. On the exterior, evenly spaced pronounced ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend from the shoulder to the center of the bottom.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a pale purple ground with opaque white threads and streaks.
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