Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Diam: 5 in. (12.7 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.4 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
1923.672
Not on View
DescriptionBroad, shallow ribbed bowl made of natural bluish-green glass. The vessel was sagged, then rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim, with the rest of the exterior fire-polished and cut on the interior. It has an almost vertical rim with a slight downward curve and an almost flat edge, with an abrupt junction between the rim and the convex curving side. The bottom is slightly concave. On the interior, three narrow horizontal grooves appear: two forming a band at the junction of the side and bottom, and a small circular groove at the center of the bottom. On the exterior, twenty-two pronounced ribs are set vertically on the body, extending beyond the junction of the side and 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. 232, p. 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
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
mid-2nd to early 1st century BCE
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