Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Syria or Palestine
Datemid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
DimensionsH: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Diam: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 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
1923.899
Not on View
DescriptionThis small conical bowl is made of natural yellowish-green glass. The vessel was shaped by sagging, then rotary-polished on the interior and the top of the rim, fire-polished on the exterior, and cut on the interior.
The bowl has an upright rim with a rounded, uneven edge that slopes obliquely outward. The sides are straight and taper diagonally downward to a convex bottom. On the interior, two horizontal grooves are cut in a band below the rim.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 20, no. 3, 1978, pp. 74-75, fig. 9.
Grose, David F., "Innovation and change in ancient technologies: The anomalous case of the Roman glass industry," in High-technology ceramics, Westerville, OH, 1986, p. 68, pl. I (col.).
Grose, 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, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, cat. no. 214, p. 205, repr. (col.) p. 182, drawing, p. 411.
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
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