Bowl
Date: late 1st century BCE -early CE 1st century
Dimensions:
rim diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.4 cm)
Medium: multi-colored glass
Place of Origin: Ancient Rome, probably from Italy
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1968.87
DescriptionBlue, clear with yellow, green, white, and yellow glass canes, fused and slumped, mosaic (ribbon) glass technique; cast, interior firepolished, exterior rotary-polished.
Hemispherical bowl. Vertical rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side with a slight curve downward; rounded basal angle; slightly concave bottom. Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of three alternating canes laid side by side in parallel rows and separated from one another by single lengths of a network cane.
Assembled from lengths of cane and sagged; applied rim; rotary-polished on both surfaces.
Hemispherical bowl. Vertical rim with rounded edge; almost vertical side with a slight curve downward; rounded basal angle; slightly concave bottom. Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of three alternating canes laid side by side in parallel rows and separated from one another by single lengths of a network cane.
Assembled from lengths of cane and sagged; applied rim; rotary-polished on both surfaces.
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