Fragment of Bowl
Fragment of Bowl
Place of OriginEgypt
DateProbably first century BCE, possibly later
DimensionsH: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
MediumSagged, with strips of monochrome opaque glass and sections of mosaic cane pressed and fused into the interior surface; rotary-polished on both surfaces; cut on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1736
Not on View
DescriptionTwo joining fragments of rim and side of broad, shallow bowl. Almost opaque medium blue ground. Upright rim with rounded edge; shallow, convex curving side. On the interior near the rim, several inlaid mosaic sections and strips of monochrome glass. The inlays consist of a curving opaque white "branch" with three squarish flowers, each a polygonal mosaic section with a cluster of four opaque yellow circles set in a greenish or colorless ground; near it, a diagonally set floral garland of alternating circular mosaic sections, in either an opaque red ground with an opaque yellow circle or a colorless ground with opaque white lines radiating from a central opaque yellow rod. The inlays are visible only on the interior. On the exterior, three narrow horizontal grooves: two in a band below the rim, the third around the middle of the body.
Almost opaque medium blue ground.
DESCRIPTION Two joining fragments of rim and side of broad, shallow bowl. Upright rim with rounded edge; shallow, convex curving side. On the interior near the rim, several inlaid mosaic sections and strips of monochrome glass. The inlays consist of a curving opaque white "branch" with three squarish flowers, each a polygonal mosaic sec-tion with a cluster of four opaque yellow circles set in a greenish or colorless ground; near it, a diagonally set floral garland of alternating circular mosaic sections, in either an opaque red ground with an opaque yellow circle or a colorless ground with opaque white lines radiating from a central opaque yellow rod. The inlays are visible only on the interior. On the exterior, three narrow horizontal grooves: two in a band below the rim, the third around the middle of the body.
TECHNIQUE Sagged, with strips of monochrome opaque glass and sections of mosaic cane pressed and fused into the interior surface; rotary-polished on both surfaces; cut 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. 227, p. 208, Repr. (col.) p. 184.Second to mid-first century BCE
2nd to 1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
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
Second to mid-first century BCE
Second to mid-first century BCE
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