Ribbed Bowl
Ribbed Bowl
Place of OriginSyria, Palestine, or Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Diam: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused, tooled, and abraded
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.669
Not on View
DescriptionThis hemispherical ribbed bowl is made of mold-fused, tooled, and abraded glass in a natural pale greenish-yellow tone, possibly incompletely decolorized. It has a slightly outsplayed rim with a rounded edge, thick walls, and a convex curving side that transitions into a slightly concave bottom. On the exterior are twenty-three rounded ribs, some set vertically, others slightly obliquely, ending at the junction of the side and bottom.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, no. 52 (a close parallel dated to "C.A.D. 80-120").
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. 239, p. 266, drawing p. 412.
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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