Fragment of jar
Fragment of jar
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean or Italy, most likely Rome
DateProbably second to mid-first century BCE
DimensionsL: 3 in. (7.6 cm); W: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumAssembled from sections of cane and cast; rotary-polished on both surfaces; cut on the exterior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.656
Not on View
DescriptionFragment of neck and shoulder of large, wide-mouthed jar. Short, thick-walled, outsplayed neck; flaring shoulder; vestiges of convex curving side. Wide oynx mosaic pattern formed from huge rectangular or polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with multiple, roughly oval, opaque white lines surrounding a center with two opaque white spirals (side by side), each encasing a central pale purple rod. On the exterior, two narrow, horizontal grooves cut in a band around the shoulder.
Wide onyx mosaic pattern formed from huge rectangular or polygonal sections of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with multiple, roughly oval, opaque white lines surrounding a center with two opaque white spirals (side by side), each encasing a centra
DESCRIPTION Fragment of neck and shoulder of large, wide-mouthed jar. Short, thick-walled, outsplayed neck; flaring shoul-der; vestiges of convex curving side. On the exterior, two narrow, horizontal grooves cut in a band around the shoulder.
TECHNIQUE Assembled from sections of cane and cast; 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. 210, pp. 203-204, repr. (col.) p. 180 (ext.).
Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
Probably first quarter of first century
Probably first half of first century
Early to mid-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
Probably mid-first century or earlier
2nd to mid-1st century BCE
Early to mid-first century CE
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