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: 2 1/6 in. (5.2 cm); Max W: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 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
1980.720
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Sharply outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; straight side, tapering downward. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with numerous spiraling dark brown and opaque white threads (some of the latter appearing opaque yellow). On the exterior, widely spaced narrow ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend to the upper part of the body.
Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with numerous spiraling dark brown and opaque white threads (some of the latter appearing opaque yellow).
DESCRIPTION Fragment of rim and side of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Sharply outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; straight side, tapering downward. Spiraling mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with numerous spiraling dark brown and opaque white threads (some of the latter appearing opaque yellow). On the exterior, widely spaced narrow ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs extend to the upper part of the body.
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. 279, p. 275, repr. (col.) p. 215.Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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