Plate with Cut Rosette Decoration

Place of OriginLikely Egypt

DateAbout 1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsDiam: 7 1/16 in. (19 cm)

MediumGlass; cast, lathe-turned and polished.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1948.15

Not on View

DescriptionThick glass, transparent and decolorized with a pale olive tinge (10 Y 6/2). Cast in a mold (or possibly sagged), then polished and wheel-cut. The plate has a rounded rim and a flat body with a slightly concave profile and a defined base ring. A wheel-cut groove encircles the rim on the upper surface. On the underside, a narrow circular band in low relief frames a symmetrical pattern of incised rosettes and petals: two rosettes alternate with one petal, repeated four times to form an outer ring, enclosing a single central rosette.

Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, 20, 1978, p. 85, repr. fig. 22.Exhibition HistoryWorcester Art Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art, Antioch: the Lost Ancient City, 2000-2001.