Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsMax L: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Max W: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; fire-polished on the exterior; tooling marks on the outside of the rim.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.760
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Horizontal rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal and rectangular sections of at least three canes: the first in a purple ground with opaque white flecks; the second in a purple ground with an opaque white circle around a central opaque white rod; the third, all rectangular sections, in an opaque yellow ground. On the exterior, widely spaced rounded ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend from the lowest part of the body to just below the rim.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal and rectangular sections of at least three canes: the first in a purple ground with opaque white flecks; the second in a purple ground with an opaque white circle around a central opaque white rod; the third, all rectangular sections, in an opque yellow ground.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Horizontal rim with rounded edge; convex curving side. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal and rectangular sections of at least three canes: the first in a purple ground with opaque white flecks; the second in a purple ground with an opaque white circle around a central opaque white rod; the third, all rectangular sections, in an opque yellow ground. On the exterior, widely spaced rounded ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend from the lowest part of the body to just below the rim.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections of cane and sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and top of the rim; fire-polished on the ex-terior; tooling marks on the outside of the rim.
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. 277, p. 275, repr. (col.) p. 215.Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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