Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine or Italy
DateLate first century BCE to mid-first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Diam: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.2 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
1923.456
Not on View
DescriptionBroad, shallow ribbed bowl. Natural bluish-green. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; straight side, tapering diagonally downward; slightly concave bottom. On the interior, three narrow horizontal grooves: 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, seventy-four short, close-set ribs arranged obliquely around the middle of the body.
Natural bluish-green.
DESCRIPTION Broad, shallow ribbed bowl. Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; straight side, tapering diagonally downward; slightly concave bottom. On the interior, three narrow horizontal grooves: 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, seventy-four short, close-set ribs ar-ranged obliquely around the middle of the body.
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. 234, pp. 264-265.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 1st century BCE-mid 1st century CE
First century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
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