Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Diam: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.4 cm)
MediumSagged; rotary-polished on the interior and on the top of the rim; fire-polished on the exterior; cut on the interior.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.673
Not on View
DescriptionBroad, shallow ribbed bowl made of natural light green glass. The vessel was sagged, then rotary-polished on the interior and the top of the rim, with the exterior fire-polished and the interior cut. It has a slightly outsplayed rim with a rounded edge, a convex curving side, and a slightly concave bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves form a band at the junction of the side and bottom. On the exterior, twenty rounded ribs are set vertically on the body and end near the center of the bottom.
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. 231, p. 264.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
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 early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
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