Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine or Italy
DateLate first century BCE to mid-first 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. Natural light green. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; convex curving side; slightly concave bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves in a band at the junction of the side and bottom. On the exterior, twenty rounded ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs end near the center of the bottom.
Natural light green.
DESCRIPTION Broad, shallow ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; convex curving side; slightly concave bottom. On the interior, two narrow horizontal grooves in a band at the junction of the side and bottom. On the exterior, twenty rounded ribs set vertically on the body; the ribs end near the center of the bottom.
TECHNIQUE Sagged; rotary-polished on the interior and on the top of the rim; fire-polished on 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. 231, p. 264.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 first century BCE to early first century CE
late 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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