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: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumMold fused, tooled, abraded and wheel cut
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1923.510
Not on View
DescriptionBroad, shallow ribbed bowl. Cobalt blue. Almost vertical rim with rounded edge; convex curving side; slightly concave bottom. On the interior, four narrow horizontal grooves: one just below the rim, 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, sixty-five short, close-set, shallow ribs arranged almost vertically around the middle of the body.
Cobalt blue.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, no. 50. (A close parallel to "about mid 1st century A. D.").
Grose, 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. 238, p. 266, drawing p. 412.
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 early first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Early first century CE
2nd-1st century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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