Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Diam: 5 1/4 in. (13.4 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 the interior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.511
Not on View
DescriptionThis pale green Roman bowl was shaped by slumping the glass and finished with carving and polishing. Raised ribs decorate the outside, while carved grooves accent 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. 230, pp. 263-264.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
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
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
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