Squat Bulbous Bowl with Thin Ribs (Zarte Rippenschale)
Squat Bulbous Bowl with Thin Ribs (Zarte Rippenschale)
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Eastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestine
DateFirst half of the first century CE
DimensionsH: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, applied decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.426
Not on View
DescriptionSquat, bulbous bowl of transparent royal blue glass with opaque white decoration, classified as Isings 1957, Form 17. The vessel is free-blown and tooled, with a ground rim and concave lip. The body features seventeen thin, irregularly placed vertical ribs extending from the rounded base to the lip, each covered with opaque white spiral thread. A band of six shallow horizontal grooves appears near the rim, corresponding to interior polishing marks. The glass is thin, and weathering prevents precise assessment of the fabric.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, "Roman glassblowing in a cultural context," AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, vol. 103, no. 3, July, 1999, p. 448, fig. 13, p. 450.Comparative ReferencesSee also von Saldern, Axel, et al., Gläser Der Antike, Sammlung Oppenländer, Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1974, fig. 262, p. 100.
First half of the first century CE
1st-2nd century CE
3rd-4th century CE
1st century CE
1st century CE
Probably first half of the first century
Probably late third or fourth century
3rd-6th century
3rd-4th century CE
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