Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine or Italy
DateLate first century BCE to mid-first century CE
DimensionsH: 2 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Diam: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 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 the interior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mr. L. Schinasi
Object number
1930.25
Not on View
DescriptionBroad, shallow ribbed bowl. Natural light green. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; convex curving side; slightly concave bottom. On the interior, four narrow horizontal grooves: one just below the edge of the rim, two in a band at the junction of the side and bottom, and a small circular groove at the center of the bottom. On the exterior, thirty-one rounded ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs end beyond the junction of the side and bottom.
Natural light green.
DESCRIPTION: Broad, shallow ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; convex curving side; slightly concave bottom. On the interior, four narrow horizontal grooves: one just below the edge of the rim, two in a band at the junction of the side and bottom, and a small circular groove at the center of the bottom. On the exterior, thirty-one rounded ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs end beyond the junction of the side and bottom.
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 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. 229, p. 263.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 91.
Puma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 95, no. 102, repr. (col.) p. 95, fig. 52.
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
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
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
First century BCE
late 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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