Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Syria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate first century BCE to mid-first century CE
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); Diam: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 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
1923.455
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DescriptionThis broad, shallow bowl is made of natural bluish-green glass. It has a slightly outsplayed rim with a rounded edge, straight sides tapering diagonally, and a slightly concave bottom. The interior features three narrow wheel-cut grooves—two at the junction of the side and base, and one small circle at the center. The exterior is decorated with sixty-five short, close-set ribs arranged slightly obliquely around the midsection. The vessel was formed by sagging and finished with rotary- and fire-polishing, along with interior cutting.
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. 237, pp.265-266.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
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
First century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
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