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
DimensionsOriginal Diam: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Max H: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumAssembled from lengths of cane and sagged; applied base ring; probably rotary-polished on the interior; fire-polished on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.698
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of bottom and base ring of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Shallow, convex bottom; tall, outsplayed base ring (edge missing). Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths of one or more canes in a purple and golden-brown ground with parallel opaque white threads set among four thin blue threads, as well as a few wider opaque white strips.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths of one or more canes in a purple and golden-brown ground with parallel opaque white threads set among four thin blue threads, as well as a few wider opaque white strips.
DESCRIPTION Fragment of bottom and base ring of deep, footed ribbed bowl. Shallow, convex bottom; tall, outsplayed base ring (edge missing). Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths of one or more canes in a purple and golden-brown ground with parallel opaque white threads set among four thin blue threads, as well as a few wider opaque white strips.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from lengths of cane and sagged; applied base ring; probably 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. 282, pp. 275-276, 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
Early to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
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