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Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
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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 1/8 in. (5.3 cm); Max W: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and sagged; applied base ring; rotary-polished on the interior; fire-polished on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.718
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of bottom and base ring of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Convex bottom; vestiges of a tall, outsplayed base ring. Oynx mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with opaque white threads and strips set in concentric circles. On the exterior, vestiges of the lower ends of ribs; the ribs extend beyond the base ring almost to the center of the bottom. Oynx mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with opaque white threads and strips set in concentric circles. DESCRIPTION Fragment of bottom and base ring of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Convex bottom; vestiges of a tall, outsplayed base ring. Oynx mosaic pattern formed from large polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with opaque white threads and strips set in concentric circles. On the exterior, vestiges of the lower ends of ribs; the ribs extend beyond the base ring almost to the center of the bottom. TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections of cane and sagged; applied base ring; rotary-polished on the interior; fire-polished on the exterior.
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. 280, p. 275, repr. (col.) p. 215.
Probably second to mid-first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Fragment of Ribbed Bowl
Late first century BCE to early first century CE

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