Fragment of Dish
Fragment of Dish
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely Rome
DateSecond to mid-first century BCE
DimensionsH: 13/16 in. (2 cm); Original Diam: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections and segments of cane and cast; applied rim; rotary-polished on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.428
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of broad, shallow dish. Outsplayed rim and side with rounded edge. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and square segments of five canes: the first in a colorless ground with an opaque yellow spiral around a central purple rod; the second in a blue-green ground with an opaque yellow spiral (appearing green) around a central purple rod; the third in a purple ground with an opaque white spiral around a central blue rod; the fourth, all squarish segments in an opaque light blue ground backed by colorless visible only on the interior; and the fifth, all squarish segments, in an opaque white ground backed by colorless, visible only on the interior. A wide purple network cane wound spirally with an opaque white thread is attached as a rim.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections and square segments of five canes: the first in a colorless ground with an opaque yellow spiral around a central purple rod; the second in a blue-green ground with an opaque yellow spiral (appearing
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of broad, shallow dish. Outsplayed rim and side with rounded edge.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections and segments of cane and cast; applied rim; rotary-polished on both surfaces.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 206, p. 203, repr. (col.) p. 181 (int.).Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to 1st century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
1st century BCE
2nd century BCE
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