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Fragment of Dish
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Fragment of Dish

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely Rome
DateSecond to mid-first century BCE
DimensionsH: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Original Diam: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm); Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections 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
1980.444
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 of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white circle around a central opaque yellow rod outlined in opaque white. A blue network cane wound spirally with an opaque yellow thread is attached as a rim. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a blue ground with an opaque white circle around a central opaque yel-low rod outlined in opaque white. A blue network cane wound spirally with an opaque yellow thread is attache DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of broad, shallow dish. Outsplayed rim and side with rounded edge. TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections 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. 208, p. 203, repr. (col.) p. 181 (int.).

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