Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Syria or Palestine
DateMid-second to early first century BCE
DimensionsH: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diam: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumSagged; rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim-, fire-polished on the rest of the exterior; cut on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.503
Not on View
DescriptionSmall hemispherical bowl. Colorless with purple streaks. Vertical rim with almost pointed edge; convex curving side; convex bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves cut in a band below the rim. On the exterior, two lightly abraded horizontal grooves in a band around the bottom, with a small circular abraded groove at its center.
Colorless with purple streaks.
DESCRIPTION Small hemispherical bowl. Vertical rim with almost pointed edge; convex curving side; convex bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves cut in a band below the rim. On the exterior, two lightly abraded horizontal grooves in a band around the bottom, with a small circular abraded groove at its center.
TECHNIQUE Sagged; rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim-, fire-polished on the rest of the exterior; cut on both surfaces.
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. 222, p. 207.
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
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
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
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