Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Syria or Palestine
DateMid-second to early first century BCE
DimensionsH: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); Diam: 5 3/8 in. (14.6 cm); Thickness: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)
MediumSagged; rotary-polished on the interior and the top of the rim; exterior fire-polished; cut on the interior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.901
Not on View
DescriptionConical bowl. Colorless with yellow tinge. Upright rim with an almost pointed edge, sloping obliquely outward; straight side, tapering diagonally downward; convex bottom. On the interior, three horizontal grooves cut in a band below the rim.
Colorless with yellow tinge.
DESCRIPTION Conical bowl. Up-right rim with an almost pointed edge, sloping obliquely outward; straight side, tapering diagonally downward; convex bottom. On the interior, three horizontal grooves cut in a band below the rim.
TECHNIQUE Sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and the top of the rim; exterior fire-polished; cut on the interior.
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. 213, p. 205.
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
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